[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 2nd-8th Jan. Words of the Week and 2nd Jan. Daily Gosho + 3rd Jan. Daily Enc.

A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

January 2nd-8th, 2012
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The era of a new SGI has begun!
Brimming with the hope of building a fresh new SGI,
let's all stride together to achieve our human revolutions.
With a continually youthful spirit,
let's take the initiative to win in every challenge we face
and prove the great victory of mentor and disciple.

Monday, January 2nd, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(T'ien-t'ai states, 'From the indigo, an even deeper blue.' This passage means that, if one dyes something repeatedly in indigo, it becomes even bluer than the indigo leaves.) The Lotus Sutra is like the indigo, and the strength of one's practice is like the deepening blue."

(Hell Is the Land of Tranquil Light - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 457)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's essay, Seikyo Shimbun, January 1st, 2012

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Those who can
bring happiness to their friends
are experts in the art of happiness.
Those who can
Bring peace to their society
are emissaries of peace."
SGI Newsletter No. 8416, Symphony of Life: SGI President Ikeda's Photographs and Poems, from the June 12th, 2011, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 27th, 2011

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--- KONSHU NO KOTOBA ---
SA SOKA NO SHIN JIDAI DA.
KENSETSU NO KIBO NI MOETE
NINGEN KAKUMEI NO DAIZENSHIN O!
SEINEN NO KOKORO DE DAIKOSEI O!
SHITEI FUNI NO DAISHORI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOKEKYO WA AI NO GOTOSHI SHUGYO NO FUKAKI WA IYOIYO AOKI GA GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1505)

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