[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 24th May 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 25th May 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, May 24th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Instead of comparing ourselves with others
it's far better to focus on winning over ourselves!
Today, more than yesterday,
tomorrow, more than today,
it's important that each day of our lives is spent
polishing and developing ourselves.

Friday, May 25th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Strengthen your faith day by day and month after month."*
("On Persecutions Befalling the Sage", The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 997
Selection source: Myoji no Gen, Seikyo Shimbun, May 23rd, 2012

Thursday, May 24th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) grappled with the question of human selfishness, including his own, pondering the cause of people's self-centeredness and estrangement from others. He later reached the conclusion: "They and I are one. Everyone alive now, or in the past or the future, are all one; they are all one with me. My life is dependent on theirs, and their lives dependent on mine."[1] This became his guiding philosophy. His view of human life has much in common with Buddhism, which teaches that we remain linked to those in our lives throughout the three existences of past, present, and future, and that self and other are inseparable. It is important, therefore, for us to encourage each other and lead lives of great meaning and value by allowing the unsurpassed jewel of Buddhahood to shine forth brightly within us.

"When we help others shine, our lives shine, too. Dialogue enables us to appreciate our connection with others. The path of dialogue is the path of joy for both ourselves and others; it is the path of happiness."

SGI Newsletter No. 8523, To My Young Friends—Leaders of a New Age, [3] Bringing People Together—The Power of Human Ties—Part 3 [of 3], from the 29th March, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 23rd May 2012

[1] Translated from Japanese. Leo Tolstoy, Torusutoi Nikkisho (Abridged Diary of Tolstoy), translated by Yoshitaro Yokemura (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1954), p. 111.
* 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 ---
HITO TO KURABERU YORI
JIBUN NI KATSU KOTO DA!
KINO YORI MO KYO
KYO YORI MO ASU E
SEICHO NO HIBI DE ARE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TSUKI ZUKI HIBI NI TSUYORI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1190)


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