[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 20th May 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 21st May 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Sunday, May 20th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Kosen-rufu is achieved by meeting other people.
The more people we help form a connection with Buddhism,
the more brilliantly the treasure of our own hearts will shine.
Let's make the blossoms of conversation bloom in all their glory!

Sunday, May 20th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore, when once we chant Myoho-renge-kyo, with just that single sound we summon forth and manifest the Buddha nature of all Buddhas; all existences; all bodhisattvas; all voice-hearers; all the deities such as Brahma, Shakra, and King Yama; the sun and moon, and the myriad stars; the heavenly gods and earthly deities, on down to hell-dwellers, hungry spirits, animals, asuras, human and heavenly beings, and all other living beings. This blessing is immeasurable and boundless."
(How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 887)
Selection source: Myoji no Gen, Seikyo Shimbun, May 20th, 2012

Monday, May 21st, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"No matter how wonderful the Gohonzon is, if the person's faith is weak, they will not attain benefit."

"'The stronger one's faith, the greater the protection of the [Buddhist] gods.' This means that the protection of the gods depends on the strength of one's faith. The Lotus Sutra is a fine sword, but its might depends on the one who wields it' (WND-1, 953).

"This is an important teaching, emphasising that the strength of our Buddhist practice is what activates and draws out the powers of the protective deities. The heavenly deities won't protect us if we waver in our practice when a challenge arises, even if we've accepted the Gohonzon."

SGI Newsletter No. 8516, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 25: Chap. 2, Shared Struggle 55, translated May 15th, 2012

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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
KOSEN RUFU TOWA
HITO TO AU KOTO DA!
BUTSUEN O HIROGETA BUN DAKE
WAGA KOKORO NO TAKARA WA KAGAYAKU.
TAIWA NO HANA O RANMAN TO!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YUENI HITOTABI MYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAUREBA ISSAI NO HOTOKE ISSAI NO HO ISSAI NO BOSATSU ISSAI NO SHOMON ISSAI NO BONNO TAISHAKU ENMA HO-O NICHIGATSU SHUSEI TENJIN CHIJIN NAISHI JIGOKU GAKI CHIKUSHO SHURA NIN TEN ISSAI NO SHUJO NO SHINCHU NO BUSSHO O TADA ICHION NI YOBI ARAWASHI TATEMATSURU KUDOKU MURYO MUHEN NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 557)


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