[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 10th July 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 11th July 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's leave no room for careless or neglect of any sort.
I hope that our Young Women's and Women's division members
will make it a point of going home no later than 10 p.m.
Through our meticulous attention and care for each other,
let's ensure everyone's safety.

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Strengthen your resolve more than ever. Ice is made of water, but it is colder than water. Blue dye comes from indigo, but when something is repeatedly dyed in it, the colour is better than that of the indigo plant. The Lotus Sutra remains the same, but if you repeatedly strengthen your resolve, your colour will be better than that of others, and you will receive more blessings than they do."
(The Supremacy of the Law - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 615)
Selection source: President Ikeda's essay: Our Great Road to Victory - 76 , Seikyo Shimbun, June 22nd, 2012

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Buddhism describes this transformation in the depths of consciousness as follows: 'We burn the firewood of earthly desires and behold the fire of enlightened wisdom before our eyes.'[i] Rather than allowing the anger or grief we feel about our present circumstances to find outlet in acts that harm or degrade others, we must expand and elevate those feelings to become the motivation for action to counter the social ills and threats that bring suffering to ourselves and others. Buddhism teaches that such transformation enables us to live lives that illuminate society with the qualities of courage and hope."

SGI Newsletter No. 8556, SGI President Ikeda's Environment Proposal, commemorating the World Environment Day, 5th June, and 141st anniversary of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi's birthday, June 6, 2012. For a Sustainable Global Society: Learning for Empowerment and Leadership, translated 3rd July 2012

[i] (Trans. from Japanese.) Nichiren, Complete Works, p. 710.

* 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 ---
YUDAN WA KINMOTSU DA.
JOSHIBU FUJINBU WA
GOGO JUJI KITAKU NO TETTEI O!
SAISHIN NO KOKOROGAKE DE
MUJIKO O KACHITORE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"IYOIYO GOJO NO ONKOKOROZASHI ARUBESHI KORI WA MIZUYORI IDETAREDOMO MIZU YORIMO SUSAMAJI AOKI KOTO WA AI YORI IDETAREDOMO KASANUREBA AIYORIMO IRO MASARU ONAJI HOKEKYO NITEWA OWASUREDOMO KOKOROZASHI O KASANUREBA TANIN YORIMO IRO MASARI RISHO MO ARUBEKINARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1221)


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