[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 12th May 2012 To My friends and Daily Gosho + 13th May 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, May 12th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's make sure to express our appreciation to all of those members
who guide and give us assistance at SGI meetings and activities,
selflessly supporting the advancement of kosen-rufu behind the scenes.
To take their efforts for granted is not the world of faith.
Let's respond to people's sincerity with the utmost of sincerity.

Saturday, May 12th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This I will state. Let the gods forsake me. Let all persecutions assail me. Still I will give my life for the sake of the Law."

(The Opening of the Eyes - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 280)
Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, May 12th, 2012

Sunday, May 13th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"When people base their lives on the law of cause and effect as it applies to life throughout the three existences, they acquire a natural inner moral compass and are able to walk the royal road of goodness. And just as naturally, they will find themselves unwilling to build their own happiness on the misfortune of others.

"In our times, the decline in morals has long been decried, and we are confronted on a daily basis with bullying, public disturbances, and illegal behaviour. No doubt laws that deal with such misdeeds could be strengthened, but a more fundamental solution is to establish firm principles that create a strong moral consciousness in people's hearts. In other words, it is urgent and absolutely necessary to establish the principle that though one might fool other people, there is no avoiding the consequences of the law of cause and effect in one's life.

"When people try to lead good lives based on such a principle, they polish and perfect their character. That is why Buddhists need to be people of shining character.

"As the great Russian author Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) wrote: 'A truly upright life is lived in accord with the highest law of one's consciousness.'[1]"

SGI Newsletter No. 8511, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 25: Chap. 2, Shared Struggle 45, translated May 9th, 2012

[1] Translated from Japanese. Leo Tolstoy, "Nikki Shokan" (Diaries and Letters), in Torusutoi Zenshu (Collected Works of Leo Tolstoy) (Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1973), vol. 18, p. 199.

* 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 --
KOFU O KAGE DE SASAERU
YAKUIN NO MINASAMA NI KANSHA O!
"ATARIMAE" TO OMOTTEWA
SHINJIN NO SEKAI DEWA NAI.
MAGOKORO NIWA MAGOKORO DE KOTAEYO!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SENZURU TOKORO WA TEN MO SUTE TAMAE SHONAN NIMO AE SHINMYO O GO TO SEN"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 232)


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