[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 8th May 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 9th May 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Every single day life gives us a chance to start afresh.
With a fresh vibrant life condition let's win today!
Let's challenge everything with the attitude:
"It's what I do from now on that really matters!"

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"...thus the Buddha's mind found expression as the written words of the Lotus Sutra. (These written words are the Buddha's mind in a different form. Therefore, those who read the Lotus Sutra must not regard it as consisting of mere written words, for those words are in themselves the Buddha's mind.)"

(Opening the Eyes of Wooden and Painted Images - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 86)
Selection source: Myoji no Gen, Seikyo Shimbun, May 2nd, 2012

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'The Lotus Sutra is like the moon [on a dark night]. 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.'
- From "The Essence of the 'Medicine King' Chapter" (WND-1, 94).

"Precisely because the times are so dark, the wisdom and compassion of the Daishonin's Buddhism shine all the more brightly.

"Our faith enables us to freely tap the power of Buddhism, which fully expounds that everyone has the potential to attain Buddhahood. When we have strong faith, we can definitely revitalise our lives and the lives of others.

"The keen minds and passion of the youth of the SGI are a source of light like the full moon brightly illuminating all people."

SGI Newsletter No. 8507, Living the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (77) The Light of Buddhism Illuminates All People, from the May 1st, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated May 7th, 2012.

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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
JINSEI WA
MAINICHI GA ATARASHI SHUPPATSU!
MIZUMIZUSHI SEIMEI DE
KYO O KATE!
SA, KOKARADA.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOTOKE NO ON-I ARAWARETE HOKKE NO MOJI TO NARERI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 469)



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