[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 2nd May 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 3rd May 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's always remember to chant for the happiness
of our friends and fellow members
and make a wholehearted effort to talk with them regularly.
It's that one to one, personal conversation
that forges heart to heart bonds
and is the very driving force of peace!

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Teaching another something is the same as oiling the wheels of a cart so that they turn even though it is heavy."

(The Wealthy Man Sudatta - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 1086)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, April 24th, 2012

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"I'm sure that some of you who were active in our movement in the pioneering days were occasionally scolded by your seniors. But the methods of fostering and educating capable individuals change with the times. We shouldn't try to train your juniors in exactly the same way that we were trained.

"This is an era for praise and encouragement. It's necessary to accurately assess young people's efforts and praise and commend them. That will give them courage and foster in them the aspiration to do better. We should praise each of their specific actions concretely. And timing is important, too.

"I hope you'll all become experts at fostering capable individuals."

SGI Newsletter No. 8500, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 25: Chap. 2, Shared Struggle 35, translated April 26th, 2012

* 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 ---
TOMO NO KOFUKU O INORI
KATARI NI KATARE!
ITTAI ICHI NO TAIWA KOSO
KOKORO TO KOKORO O MUSUBU
HEIWA NO GENDORYOKU DA!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HITO NO MONO O OSHIURU TO MOSU WA KURUMA NO OMOKEREDOMO ABURA O NURITE MAWARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1574)


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