[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 5th April 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 6th April Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, April 5th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The good fortune of those who offer their homes for meetings is immense
and is certain to shine radiantly throughout eternity!
Their homes spread hope throughout the local community.
They are our noble bejewelled palaces of kosen rufu.
Let's be sure to express our heartfelt appreciation for them!

Thursday, April 5th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If teacher and disciple are of different minds, they will never accomplish anything."

(Flowering and Bearing Grain - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 909)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, April 4th, 2012

Friday, April 6th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Single-mindedly chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and urge others to do the same; that will remain as the only memory of your present life in this human world' (WND-1, 64). In other words, he declared that dedicating ourselves wholeheartedly to chanting daimoku and propagating this Buddhism will be the most precious memory of this life as a human being.

"We are able to chant daimoku and talk to people about Buddhism because we were born as human beings. This means that we have the extremely rare, golden opportunity to attain Buddhahood in this lifetime. Therefore, we need to fulfill our mission in this existence as Bodhisattvas of the Earth."

SGI Newsletter No. 8484, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 25: Chap. 2, Shared Struggle 30, translated April 4th, 2012

* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by clicking on
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
KAIJO TEIKYO NO MINASAMA NI
FUKUTOKU WA SANZEN TO KAGAYAKU!
CHIIKI NI KIBO O HIROGERU
TOTOKI KOFU NO TAKARAJO DA.
KOKORO KARA NO KANSHA O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SHITEI SOI SEBA NANIGOTO MO NASU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 900)

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