[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 11th Jan. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 12th Jan. Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
What results manifest in the future
depend on the causes we create in the present.
In order to establish a solid and unshakable foundation (for our movement)
that will last for eternity,
it is important that we steadfastly put all of our energy
into winning right now.
Let us thoroughly train and polish our lives.

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"I entrust you with the propagation of Buddhism in your province. It is stated that 'the seeds of Buddhahood sprout as a result of conditions, and for this reason they preach the single vehicle.'"
(The Properties of Rice - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1117)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, January 11th, 2012

Thursday, January 12th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'Nichiren alone took the lead in carrying out the task of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth.'
- (WND-1, 385)

"The Bodhisattvas of the Earth are not bodhisattvas who only take action when they are told to do so!

"Taking action not because you are told to, but on your own initiative with an awareness of your personal mission and a resolve to take action and make a positive contribution—that is the 'true aspect' of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth."

SGI Newsletter No. 8421, Young Phoenixes, Soar into the Future! President Ikeda's efforts to foster the future division members, along with division graduates' personal accounts and recollections of meetings and interactions with President Ikeda in their youth. (5) President Ikeda's Lecture on "The True Aspect of All Phenomena"—
Part 2 [of 2], from the March 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated Jan. 6th, 2012 .

* 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 ---
MIRAI NO [KA] WA
GENZAI NO [IN] NI ARI.
BANDAI NO DODAI O KIZUKU TAME
NEBARIZUYOKU [IMA] O KATE!
TESSHITE JIBUN O KITAEYO!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SONO KUNI NO BUPPO WA KIHEN NI MAKASE TATEMATSURI SOROZO BUSSHU WA EN NI YOTTE OKORU KONO YUENI ICHIJO O TOKUNARUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1467)

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