[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 22nd Feb. To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 23rd Feb. Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To our dearest friends of the Young Mrs. division
who hold the key to everything in the future.
It is thanks to your daily strenuous efforts
that we are able to secure a solid foundation for our eternal victory.
Hurrah for the suns of happiness!

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(Be diligent in developing your faith until the last moment of your life. Otherwise you will have regrets.) For example, the journey from Kamakura to Kyoto takes twelve days. If you travel for eleven but stop with only one day remaining, how can you admire the moon over the capital?"
(Letter to Niike - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1027)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Feb 22nd, 2012

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The true essence of the humanistic teachings of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is to be found in empathy and action, the struggle to 'relieve suffering and impart joy.' This struggle pulses with the spirit of Buddhist compassion, which powers our efforts for kosen-rufu, our great movement for the happiness of ourselves and others."

SGI Newsletter No. 8448, Our Brilliant Path to Victory, The Ever-victorious Kansai Spirit of Mentor and Disciple, from the Jan. 16th, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Feb. 9th, 2012

* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by clicking on
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http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html

--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
MIRAI NO ISSAI O HIRAKU
YOUNG MRS. NO TOMO YO!
MINASAMA NO HIBI NO FUNTO KOSO
EIEN NO SHORI NO DODAI DA.
KOFUKU NO TAIYO, BANZAI!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"(HAJIME YORI OWARI MADE IYOIYO SHINJIN O ITASU BESHI SANAKUSHITE KOKAI YA ARAN ZURAN) TATOEBA KAMAKURA YORI KYO EWA JUNINICHI NO MICHI NARI SORE O JUICHINICHI AMARI AYUMI O HAKOBITE IMA ICHINICHI NI NARITE AYUMI O SASHIOKITEWA NANTO SHITE MIYAKO NO TSUKI OBA NAGAME SORO BEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1440)

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