A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
--- TO MY FRIENDS ---
We are deeply praying for the safety and health
of all of those who have been struck by the recent torrential downpours.*
Let's all take every possible precaution carefully
against this series of natural disaster!
*"In Japan, on July 29, the rainfall set all-time records, with an hourly precipitation of up to 121.0 millimeters recorded in some locations. ... Hourly rainfalll on July 29 hit 93.5 millimeters in Kamo, Niigata Prefecture, 121.0 millimeters in Tokamachi, Niigata Prefecture, and 69.5 millimeters in Tadami, Fukushima Prefecture, setting record highs at those stations. July 30 brought more record downpours in Niigata Prefecture, with 89.5 millimeters recorded in Minami-Uonuma, 70.0 millimeters in Uonuma, 68.0 millimeters in Nagaoka and 58.0 millimeters in Joetsu. (More details at http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201107300227.html)
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Treating one's friends with courtesy means that, although one may encounter them ten or twenty times in the course of a single day, one greets them courteously as though they had traveled a thousand or two thousand miles to see one, never showing them indifference."
(The Four Virtues and the Four Debts of Gratitude - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 2, page 636)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance, Seikyo Shimbun, July 31st , 2011
Monday, August 1st, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Cosmos flowers, when blown down in a storm or gale, can put forth new roots from their fallen stems and grow vigorously again. They are surely the perfect emblem for our courageous Tohoku women's division members, who are battling bravely to overcome all adversity with the motto, 'We will never be defeated!' They are truly a fitting symbol of all the mothers of kosen-rufu, who have transformed their pain and sorrow into brilliant smiles of human victory."
SGI Newsletter No. 8285, SGI President Ikeda's Essay: OUR BRILLIANT PATH TO VICTORY, "Women Paving the Way to a Century of Humanity"—Part 2 [of 2]. Translated from the June 25, 2011, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun.
--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
SHUCHU GOU NI
MIMAWARETA KATAGATA NO
BUJI ANZEN O FUKAKU KINEN.
AITSUGU SHISEN SAIGAI E
BANZEN NO KEIKAI DE NOZOME!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TOMODACHI NO ICHINICHI NI JUDO NIJUDO KITARERU HITO NARITOMO SENRI NISENRI KITARERU HITO NO GOTOKU OMOUTE REIGI ISASAKA OROKANI OMOU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1527)
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