[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] August 10th To My Friends & Daily Gosho + August 11th Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
--- TO MY FRIENDS ---
Reading is nourishment for the mind.
Encountering good books cultivates our spirit.
Let's challenge ourselves to read fine books of all ages
and make great self development this summer!

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"[Again, when Nichiren and his followers recite Nam-myoho-renge-kyo], they are burning the firewood of earthly desires, summoning up the wisdom fire of bodhi or enlightenment."
(Ongi kuden - Gosho Zenshu, page 710, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 11) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 10th, 2011

Thursday, August 11th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"It is often the case that the free-soaring, progressive spirit of a single individual can open up a whole new current of thought."
SGI Newsletter No.8294, SGI President Ikeda's Study Lecture Series, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY,[29] "Letter to the Lay Priest Nakaoki". Translated from the June 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge.

* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html

--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
DOKUSHO WA KOKORO NO JIYO.
RYOSHA TONO DEAI GA SEISHIN O TAKAME YUKU!
KOKON NO MEICHO NI IDOMU
DAISEICHO NO NATSU O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"BONNO NO TAKIGI O YAITE BODAI NO EKA GENZEN SURU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 710)

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