[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 23rd June 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 24th June 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our chapter mens and womens leaders,
you are the pivotal points that everyone puts their confidence in.
It is your strong and indomitable determination
that is certain to open the way of kosen-rufu into the future.
I am praying, most sincerely and earnestly,
that each one of you stays healthy,
is victorious and leads a really happy life!

Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Strengthen your faith day by day and month after month. Should you slacken in your resolve even a bit, devils will take advantage."
(On Persecutions Befalling the Sage - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 997) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, June 23rd, 2012

Sunday, June 24th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Is there such a thing as a good personality or a bad personality? Is it bad to be timid? If everyone were assertive, the arguing would never stop! What about being quiet? If everyone were talkative, how could we stand the noise? It takes all kinds of people—vivacious, chatty people, people who listen quietly and intently, people who don't say a lot but whose every word is worth its weight in gold. Many people find it difficult to speak in public or feel nervous when meeting someone new for the first time. I laud those who summon up their courage and break through their nervousness.

"...If you make a sincere effort, you can transform all your perceived shortcomings into strengths. And especially when you work towards a great goal that is bigger than yourself, you can make positive and valuable use of your unique personality traits in a way that is true to yourself."

SGI Newsletter No. 8543. Dialogue for the Future: Traveling the Path of Victory Together with You, A dialogue series addressing members of the junior high school division and high school division. [2] Let Your Unique Personality Shine!, from the June 1, 2012, issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translated 21st June 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 ---
SHINRAI NO KANAME TARU SHIBUCHO
SHIBU FUJINBUCHO NO MINASAMA.
TSUYOKI FUKUTSU NO ICHINEN ARITE
KOFU NO MIRAI WA HIRAKU!
KENKO, SHORI, KOFUKU O INORU!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TSUKIZUKI HIBI NI TSUYORI TAMAE SUKOSHIMO TAYUMU KOKORO ARABA MA TAYORI O UBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1190)


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