[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 15th June 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 16th June 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Friday, June 15th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our Seikyo Shimbun and other SGI publication deliverers,
who cheerfully and dedicatedly go out to deliver
no matter what the rain is like on these rainy season mornings -
please always make sure that your safety is your top priority.
May all you heroes and heroines
who are bestowed with shining crowns of noble missions in your hearts
for your earnest dedication to kosen-rufu,
be adorned with great good fortune and benefit.

Friday, June 15th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This Gohonzon also is found only in the two characters for faith."

(The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 832)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, June 15th, 2012

Saturday, June 16th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"I am profoundly moved whenever I recall these oft-spoken words of my mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, who was an invincible champion of kosen-rufu: 'As far as faith is concerned, I am forbearing to the point of obstinacy.'

"Nichiren Daishonin pioneered the way for practising and spreading the correct teaching of Buddhism in society and leading all people to enlightenment. It has been the pride of the mentors and disciples of Soka to establish actual proof of victory of this noble path through 'donning the armour of perseverance' (cf. LSOC13, 233) and 'exerting ourselves bravely and vigorously' (cf. LSOC2, 56).

"In a letter to his youthful follower Nanjo Tokimitsu, who was facing severe trials, the Daishonin urges him to be 'single-mindedly resolved' (cf. WND-1, 800). The true power of youth is demonstrated when they fight wholeheartedly for what is right. It is not a matter of strategies or calculation.

"When we stand up courageously with the same vow for kosen-rufu as our mentor, we can break out of the shell of our lesser self and allow the wisdom and power of the Buddha to vibrantly surge forth from within us."

SGI Newsletter No. 8539, My Young Friends, Lead a Victorious Youth of Courageous Endeavour![1], from the July 2012 issue of Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translated 14th June 2012

[1] July is the month of the youth division. The young men's division and young women's division were established on July 11 and July 19, 1951, respectively.

* 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 ---
TSUYU NO ASA O KAKERU
TOTOKI HAITATSUIN NO MINASAMA GATA
DOKA MUJIKO DAIICHI DE!
KOKORO NI SHIMEI NO KANMURI O ITADAKU
ROKU NO EIYU NI FUKUTOKU ARE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO GOHONZON MO TADA SHINJIN NO NIJI NI OSAMARERI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1244)


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