[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 10th May 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 11th May 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, May 10th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's closely monitor our health and well being.
Maintaining a correct rhythm of life,
let's lead each day of our lives
embodying the principle of "faith equals daily life."
Starting our day with a sonorious Gongyo and Daimoku
let's advance brimming with powerful life force!

Thursday, May 10th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"For those who have faith in the Lotus Sutra, but whose faith is not deep, it is as though a half moon were lighting the darkness. But for those who have profound faith, it is as though a full moon were illuminating the night."

(The Essence of the "Medicine King" Chapter - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 94)
Selection source: Together with the Gosho - President Ikeda'a encouragement, Seikyo Shimbun, May 1st, 2012

Friday, May 11th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin also said that if we create bad causes we will reap bad effects. For example: 'One who robs another of food and clothing is sure to fall into the world of hungry spirits' (WND-1, 305). Naturally, anyone who creates the worst of all bad causes, widespread slander of the correct teaching, will be recompensed with terrible suffering.

"Our present circumstances are by no means accidental. As the Daishonin wrote, quoting a sutra: 'If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. And if you want to understand what results will be manifested in the future, look at the causes that exist in the present' (WND-1, 279).

"The reward for dedicating oneself to the True Law is boundless benefit and happiness. Buddhism starts with this confirmation of the law of cause and effect that functions in life."

SGI Newsletter No. 8510, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 25: Chap. 2, Shared Struggle 44, translated May 8th, 2012

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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU --
TAICHO KANRI O KENMEI NI.
"RHYTHM" TADASHIKU
SHINJIN SOKU SEIKATSU NO HIBI O.
RORO TO GONGYO SHODAI SHI
MANMAN TARU SEIMEIRYOKU DE ZENSHIN!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HOKEKYO WA YAMIYO NO TSUKI NO GOTOSHI HOKEKYO O SHINZUREDOMO FUKAKU SHINZEZARU MONO WA HANGETSU NO ANYA O TERASU GA GOTOSHI FUKAKU SHINZURU MONO WA MANGETSU NO ANYA O TERASU GA GOTOSHI"

(Gosho Zenshu, page 1501)


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