[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 11th-17th June 2012 Words of the Week + 11th June 2012 Daily Gosho + 12th June 2012 Daily Enc.

* We have a national press holday here in Japan so there is no To My Friends but we have held on to Words of the Week to cover the gap. Hope that is OK....

A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

June 11th-17th, 2012
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The momentum generated from our discussion meetings
is the momentum that increases everyone's joy and benefit of this practice.
Let's make the meetings absolutely brim with the spirit of the SGI.
Let's make our districts great palaces of capable people,
constantly abuzz with happiness and joy!

Monday, June 11th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"You must persevere through this trial and see for yourselves the blessings of the Lotus Sutra."

(Letter to the Brothers - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 498)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's message, Seikyo Shimbun, June 10th, 2012

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'Exert yourself in the two ways of practice and study' (WND-1, 386), writes Nichiren Daishonin. The important thing is that you continue to study [the Daishonin's teachings] and put what you have learned into practise. Even if you can't remember everything you've studied, some of it will remain with you, engraved in the depths of your life. At a crucial moment, it will enable you to bring forth the power of faith to overcome the challenge before you.

"Those who have a solid body of teachings as their guide are strong. The source for all victory is found in the Gosho, the collected writings of Nichiren Daishonin.... It will form a foundation for happiness for the rest of your life and give you the strength to always emerge victorious."

SGI Newsletter No. 8534, Humanistic Teachings for Victory, (4) The Gosho Is the Eternal Foundation of the SGI, from the 21st March, 2012, issue of the Soka Shimpo, the Soka Gakkai youth division's fortnightly newspaper, translated 8th June 2012.

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--- KONSHU NO KOTOBA ---
ZADANKAI NO IKIOI GA
KANKI TO KUDOKU O HIROGERU.
GAKKAI SEISHIN O MANMANTO!
WAGA CHIKU NO JINZAIJO O
AKARUKU TANOSHIKU NIGIYAKA NI!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONDO NEUSHIKURASHITE HOKEKYO NO GORISHO KOKOROMI SASE TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1084)


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