A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, November 19th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Thanks to our SGI women's members' cheerful voices
great hope is being spread everywhere.
Let us, therefore, show our utmost respect and appreciation to our Soka women!
It is because there are Women's Division and Young Women's Division members,
who are so sincerely devoting themselves to our activities,
that the solidarity of the happiness of people stays unassailable.
Saturday, November 19th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Because Buddhism has gradually been turned upside down, the secular world also has been plunged into corruption and chaos. Buddhism is like the body, and society like the shadow. When the body bends, so does the shadow."
(A Comparison of the Lotus and Other Sutras - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 1039)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, November 19th, 2011
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"No matter what happens in the course of our lives, we can be certain of ultimate victory because of the wondrous power of the Mystic Law to 'change poison into medicine.�' Therefore, no matter how painful your situation might be right now, or how sick you might be, or how others might be bullying or tormenting you, you can win in the end. You can be a victor without fail. This is the heart of the Daishonin's Buddhism. It is the purpose of our Buddhist practice. In stark contrast, all the spiteful individuals who may be giving you a hard time now will reap the negative consequences of their actions in accord with the strict law of cause and effect.
"Buddhism is about showing actual proof of victory. That's why we must keep striving wholeheartedly. Let's all lead wonderful lives!"
SGI Newsletter No. 8378, from SGI President Ikeda's speech at the 34th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held in conjunction with the SGI General Meeting, in Tokyo, on Nov. 14th, 2009. These excerpts were featured in a video of the speech, which was shown during the 53rd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held in conjunction with the SGI General Meeting, in Tokyo, on Nov. 5th, 2011. The excerpted text appeared in the Nov.13th, 2011, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai daily newspaper, translated Nov. 15th, 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 ---
ANATA NO HOGARAKANA KOE GA
MINA NI KIBO O HIROGERU!
SOKA NO JOSEI NI SAIKEIREI!
FUJINBU JOSHIBU ARITE
MINSHU NO SACHI NO SHIRO WA BANJAKU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
BUPPO YOYAKU TENDO SHIKEREBA SEKEN MO MATA JOKURAN SERI BUPPO WA TAI NO GOTOSHI SEKEN WA KAGE NO GOTOSHI TAI MAGAREBA KAGE NANAME NARI
(Gosho Zenshu, page 992)
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