Upcoming Events

Month At A Glance

Thursday, November 3, 2011

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 3rd Nov. To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 4th Nov. Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Gosho says:
"Fortune comes from one's heart and makes one worthy of respect."*
The richness of our lives depends on the depth of our feelings for our friends
and the action we take for their sake.
Let us walk straight along the path of sincerity!

* New Year's Gosho - WND-1, pg 1137, "Misfortune comes from one's mouth and ruins one, but fortune comes from one's heart and makes one worthy of respect."

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"In light of this, it is clear that those who now believe in the Lotus Sutra will gather fortune from ten thousand miles away."
(New Year's Gosho - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1137)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, November 1st, 2011

Friday, November 4th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"There are many trials and tribulations in life. In addition, we each have our own karma, and on top of that, when we practise our faith ardently, obstacles are certain to arise. No life is always smooth sailing. But no matter how deep the darkness of despair, faith enables us to keep the flame of hope burning in our hearts.

"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Maintain your faith and attain Buddhahood in this lifetime. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo' (WND-1, 4). The Mystic Law enables us to overcome every obstacle, no matter how overwhelmed or deadlocked we may be, and establish a life-state of indestructible happiness.

"The important thing is to have faith in the Gohonzon, earnestly chant daimoku, and strive to share this Buddhism with others. If we do so, we'll be able to open a way forward. We were born into this world as human beings with a mission to become strong and happy."
SGI Newsletter No. 8368, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 25: Chap. 1, Light of Happiness 11, translated Oct. 31st, 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 ---
[SAIWAI WA KOKORO YORI
IDETE WARE O KAZARU]
JINSEI NO YUTAKASA WA
TOMO NI TSUKUSU KOKORO NI ARU.
SEIJITSU ICHIRO NO MICHI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOKEKYO O SHINZURU HITO WA SAIWAI O BANRI NO SOTO YORI ATSUMU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1492)


------------------------------------

If you have a friend(s) who would like to get To My Friends directly get them to send an E-mail to the following address and just simply write - "subscribe"
: SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-subscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk

from there on it is all automatic!

ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following address and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!

http://www.sgi.org/

To unsubscribe from this group, but PLEASE let us know if there is anything we can do to improve, send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@egroups.com

To modify your subscription from receiving daily to picking up as you wish go to http://www.egroups.com/mygroups

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/

<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/join
(Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-digest@yahoogroups.co.uk
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.co.uk

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms.html

No comments:

Blog Archive