[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 13th Nov. To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 14th Nov. Daily Enc.

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

Sunday, November 13th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The more we talk about this Buddhism with others,
the more people we can help to form a connection with this Buddhism.
And to the extent we take more action,
the more good fortune and benefit we can accumulate!
Together, let's challenge ourselves and win each and every day.

Sunday, November 13th, 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, Vol.1, page 710, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 11) Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, November 13th, 2011

Monday, November 14th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, once remarked: 'When we look at today's world, there are very few people who show proper appreciation and gratitude for others. As a consequence, society is afflicted with troubles, and people go about their lives filled with bitterness and resentment. If we want to change this, we must propagate the Mystic Law, the single vehicle for attaining Buddhahood, and encourage people everywhere to base their lives on it.'[1]
SGI Newsletter No. 8373, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [32] "The Four Debts of Gratitude"[1], Gratitude Is the Driving Force for Unlimited Development, from the Sep. 2011 issue of the Daibyaku Renge, translated Nov. 11th, 2011

[1] Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Josei Zenshu (Collected Writings of Josei Toda), (Tokyo: Seikyo Shimbunsha, 1986), vol. 6, p. 238–39.

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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
KATATTA BUN DAKE
BUTSUEN GA HIROGARU!
UGOITA BUN DAKE
KUDOKU GA TSUUMARERU!
TOMONI SHORI NO ICHINICHI O.

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

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