[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 20th Oct. To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 21st Oct. Daily Enc.

*I'm going to be away from my PC for a few days as SGI Tokyo International(TIG) has its annual course down in Izu. While I am away Mitsuko and Ritu will post in my place.

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

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Gosho says:
"And if they are destined for the evil paths in any case,
then one should preach the Lotus Sutra to them forcefully"*
Let us talk frankly and sincerely about the justice and truth [of the SGI]
with every person who forms a connection with the Lotus Sutra
[by hearing about it].
Let us have deep pride in the fact that we are carrying out the Buddha's work.

* Gosho - On Reciting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra, WND-2, pg 231, " According to T'ien-t'ai, in this latter age the persons who are lacking in good roots are many, and those who possess them are few. Therefore, many people are doubtless destined to fall into the evil path in any cases in their next existence. And if they are destined for the evil paths in any case, then one should preach the Lotus Sutra to them forcefully and thereby allow them to create a "poison-drum relationship" with the sutra.
(Poison-drum relationship - http://www.sgilibrary.org/search_dict.php?id=1706)

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Shakyamuni taught that the shallow is easy to embrace, but the profound is difficult. To discard the shallow and seek the profound is the way of a person of courage."

(On the Buddha's Prophecy - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 402)
Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, October 20th, 2011

Friday, October 21st, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
""Life is not always smooth sailing. We have accidents and we get sick. We reach impasses in our work or our relationships with people. We face all kinds of difficult trials and tribulations. Those are the times to chant with the utter determination to overcome adversity through Buddhist faith and practice. And they are also the times to share Buddhism with others, remaining true to one's mission as a Bodhisattva of the Earth.

"If we can remain firm and true to our Buddhist faith and practice for oneself and others, we will feel tremendous conviction, courage, and wisdom well up from within, enabling us to overcome any obstacle we are faced with. This wisdom will allow us to find the best solution, and with brimming life force we will rise to the challenge based on that wisdom. This, I want you to know, is the direct path of faith for the immediate attainment of enlightenment.
SGI Newsletter 8356, NHR Volume 24 - 4, Translated Oct 14, 2011

* 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 ---
[HOKEKYO O SHIITE
TOKI KIKASUBESHI]
EN SHITA HITORI HITORI NI
SEIGI TO SHINJITSU O KATARE!
HOTOKE NO TUKAI NO HOKORI TAKAKU.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ASAKI WA YASUKU FUKAKI WA KATASHI TOWA SHAKA NO SHOHAN NARI ASAKI O SATTE FUKAKI NI TSUKU WA JOBU NO KOKORO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 509)

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