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

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

Sunday, March 11th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is those who have encountered the greatest suffering
that have the opportunity, and ability, to become the happiest!
They are also the ones
who can help their friends become happy, too.
That is what our practice is here to help us achieve.
So now, let's take one hope-filled step forwards.

Sunday, March 11th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Winter always turns to spring."

(Winter Always Turns to Spring - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 536) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's essay, Seikyo Shimbun, Mar 11th, 2012

Monday, March 12th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), who overcame great personal suffering to create an immortal song of inner joy, in his later years offered these warm words of encouragement to a visiting youth: 'Bring as much happiness as you can to others. Nothing is finer or nobler.' [1] That young man was Franz Liszt (1811–86), the Hungarian composer, who went on to respond to Beethoven's encouragement by achieving his own outstanding musical compositions."

SGI Newsletter No. 8468, 56th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, Happiness Ripples Out from Ties of Mutual Support and Encouragement, from the March 4th, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated March 9th, 2012.

[1] Translated from French. Romain Rolland, Beethoven: Les grandes époques créatrices (Beethoven: the Grand Creative Epochs), (Paris: Éditions du Sablier, 1945), vol. 3, p. 202.

* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
ICHIBAN KURUSHINDA HITO GA
ICHIBAN SHIAWASE NI NARERU!
TOMO O SHIAWASE NI DEKIRU!
SORE GA SHINJIN DA.
SA KIBO NO IPPO O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"FUYU WA KANARAZU HARU TO NARU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1253)

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