[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 26th June 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 27th June 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
When friends are really struggling and trying to do their best,
let's be sure to encourage them with the utmost of speed and urgency.
Never let time slip by!
Such care and attention is what gains people's trust
and helps them to develop courage and confidence.

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It also states that, if the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land. There are not two lands, pure or impure in themselves. The difference lies solely in the good or evil of our minds."

(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 4)
Selection source: Teachings of Buddhism, Seikyo Shimbun, June 19th, 2012

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"You mustn't let your personality be defined by others. The answers to your questions are inside you. I hope that, through inner searching and reflection, you will unearth from within you the wonderful qualities that are your own very special possessions. If you actively develop your strong points, then even traits that you consider to be flaws or weaknesses will come to shine in a positive way.

"I'd like to share with you a quote from Musashi, a novel I read in my youth: 'Instead of wanting to be like this or that, make yourself into a silent, immovable giant. That's what the mountain [Mount Fuji] is.'[1]"

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

[1] Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi, translated by Charles S. Terry (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1981), p. 680.

* 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 FUNTO NI WA
SOKUZA NI GEKIREI NO TE O!
TOKI O NOGASU NA!
SOKO NI SHINRAI GA UMARE
YUKI GA HIROGARU KARA DA.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SHUJO NO KOKORO KEGARUREBA DO MO KEGARE KOKORO KIYOKEREBA DO MO KIYOSHI TOTE JODO TO II EDO TO IUMO DO NI FUTATSU NO HEDATE NASHI TADA WARERAGA KOKORO NO ZENAKU NI YORU TO MIETARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 384)




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