[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 27th June 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 28th June 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Gosho talks about those who
'rejoice in hearing the voice of someone else rejoice in the hearing.'*
Let us wholeheartedly convey the joy of practicing this Buddhism to others.
Passionate conversation based on trust and pulsating with enthusiasm
is what lights up the lives and hearts of our friends.

* Gosho -The Recitation of the "Expedient Means" and "Life Span" Chapters, MW-1, pg. 68, "As for the Lotus Sutra, one may recite the entire sutra of twenty-eight chapters in eight volumes every day; or one may recite only one volume, or one chapter, or one verse, or one phrase, or one word; or one may simply chant the daimoku, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, only once a day, or chant it only once in the course of a lifetime; or hear someone else chant it only once in a lifetime and rejoice in the hearing, or rejoice in hearing the voice of someone else rejoice in the hearing, and so on in this manner to the fiftieth hearer. And if one were to be at the end, even if one's faith were weak and one's sense of rejoicing diluted like the frailty of a child of two or three, or the inability of a cow or horse to distinguish before from after, the blessings one would gain would be a hundred, thousand, ten thousand, million times greater than those gained by persons of keen faculties and superior wisdom who study other sutras, persons such as Shariputra, Maudgalyayana, Manjushri, and Maitreya, who had committed to memory the entire texts of the various sutras."

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Single-mindedly chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and urge others to do the same; that will remain as the only memory of your present life in this human world."

(Questions and Answers about Embracing the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 64)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, June 27th, 2010

Thursday, June 28th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"If I were to describe Mr. Toda's greatness in a single phrase, I would say he was a man of powerful conviction. No matter how harsh the circumstances, he was always fearless and self-confident. That's why he was able to impart assurance and courage to others. He was a great leader. He was an indomitable champion.

"It's important to build a self as solid as Mount Fuji—a self that will not be shaken or swayed by negative remarks or suffering. This is the key to winning in life. And faith in the Mystic Law is the ultimate source for developing such inner strength."

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 ---
[ZUIKI SURU KOE O
KIITE ZUIKI SHI]
SHINJIN NO YOROKOBI O TSUTAEYO!
JONETSU TO SHINRAI NO TAIWA GA
TOMO NO SEIMEI O TERASU!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SUBEKARAKU KOKORO O ITSU NI SHITE NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO TO WARE MO TONAE TA OMO SUSUMEN NOMI KOSO KONJO NINKAI NO OMOIDE NARU BEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 467)



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