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Saturday, January 7, 2012

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 7th Jan. To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 8th Jan. Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, January 7th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Once we have made up our minds,
(this is what we want to do,)
everything will start to change.
Let's have the courage to take that first step.
Let's courageously decide that we won't give in.
Let's make that breakthrough and overcome our limitations!

Saturday, January 7th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night. How should you polish it? Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo."

(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 4)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, January 7th, 2012

Sunday, January 8th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'So the battle goes on even today' (WND-1, 392), writes the Daishonin, affirming that he will never cease his struggle. Let us also continue striving without end and achieve absolute victory!"

SGI Newsletter No. 8402, 54th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting. Let's Continue Our Joyous Ascent of the Mountain of Kosen-rufu!, from the Dec. 4th, 2011, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 14th, 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 ---
ICHINEN GA SADAMAREBA
SUBETE GA KAWARU!
IPPO FUMIDASU YUKI DA.
JIBUN NI MAKENAI YUKI DA.
SA TOPPAKO O HIRAKE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"FUKAKU SHINJIN O OKOSHITE NICHIYA CHOBO NI MATA OKOTARAZU MIGAKU BESHI IKAYO NI SHITEKA MIGAKU BEKI TADA NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAE TATEMATSURU O KORE O MIGAKU TOWA IUNARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 384)


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