[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 15th Jan. To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 16th Jan Daily Enc.

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

Sunday, January 15th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is not "someone" else who will do it!
Rather, it is we ourselves, as "leaders",
who need to take the initiative in developing
good relations with others.
Let's take a courageous step forwards today
and try to meet as many new faces as we can
and begin to help them form a connection with this Buddhism.

Sunday, January 15th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When we look from time to time at a person's face, we find him or her sometimes joyful, sometimes enraged, and sometimes calm. At times greed appears in the person's face, at times foolishness, and at times perversity. Rage is the world of hell, greed is that of hungry spirits, foolishness is that of animals, perversity is that of asuras, joy is that of heaven, and calmness is that of human beings."

(The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind Established in the Fifth Five-Hundred-Year Period after the Thus Come One's Passing - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 358)
Selection source: Buddhist study for new members, Seikyo Shimbun, January 15th, 2012

Monday, January 16th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The great German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) declared: 'If one is not to stagnate, one must be constantly changing, regenerating oneself, growing young again.'[1] A person who continues to grow and develop is called a youth.

"Inazo Nitobe (1862–1933), the renowned Japanese diplomat and educator who was born in Tohoku 150 years ago this year, asserted: 'If you wish to stay youthful, hold lofty ideals.'[2] It is especially important that we keep growing, day after day, aiming for the realisation of the highest ideal of kosen-rufu. Each step in that process will shine as a golden achievement."

SGI Newsletter No. 8423, Our Brilliant Path to Victory, A Youthful SGI—Shining Brightly like the Morning Sun, from the Jan. 1st, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Jan 13th, 2012

[1] Richard Friedenthal, Goethe: His Life and Times (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2010), p. 473.
[2] Translated from Japanese. Inazo Nitobe, Jikeiroku—Kokoro no Mochikata (Anthology of Self-Admonishment: Essays on Attitude of Mind) (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1996), p. 279.

* 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 ---
"DAREKA" DEWA NAI.
"Leader" GA SOSSEN SHITE
YUKO E UTTE DEYO!
BUTSUEN O HIROGEYUKU
YUKI NO IPPO O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ARU TOKI WA YOROKOBI ARU TOKI WA IKARI ARU TOKI WA TAIRAKANI ARU TOKI WA MUSABORI GENJI ARU TOKI WA OROKA GENJI ARU TOKI WA TENGOKU NARI IKARU WA JIGOKU MUSABORU WA GAKI OROKA WA CHIKUSHO TENBOKU NARU WA SHURA YOROKOBU WA TEN TAIRAKA NARU WA NIN NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 241)

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