[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 21st July 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 22nd July 2012 Daily Enc.

* Just to let you know the TMF team is heading into the summer holiday season as of the 23rd so you will see either the names "Mitsuko" or "Ritu" in place of "Scobie-john" until the end of August. So don't adjust anything! The same service will continue as much as possible throughout this period . All the best!...

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

Saturday, July 21st, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our "Satellite Group" members
who take care of our broadcast meetings,
rest assured that the benefit,
through your hard work to help send out hope to everyone at these meetings,
is absolutely immeasurable and boundless.
We are all so very thankful for your steady efforts behind the scenes.

Saturday, July 21st, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet."

(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land - The Writings of Nichiren Daishoni, Vol. 1, page 17) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, July 21st, 2012

Sunday, July 22nd, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The London Summer Olympics, a global festival of peace, will soon begin.

"It goes without saying that the key to success in sports, in youth, and in all aspects of life, is momentum. Success and vibrant growth are found where there is momentum, be it in the life of an individual or in an organisation. Therefore, let us advance joyfully and spiritedly, with the 'momentum of a charging lion' and the 'momentum of splitting bamboo.'

"The Lotus Sutra speaks of a lion's powerful momentum, referring to 'the power that has the lion's ferocity' (cf. LSOC15, 258). When we chant daimoku, which is like the roar of a lion, our lives are filled with this overflowing life force; we can face any problem or challenge with the momentum of a charging lion and triumph over them, transforming suffering into joy.

"In the East, unstoppable momentum has also long been likened to the process of splitting a bamboo stalk. How can we create such unstoppable momentum? The Daishonin writes: 'The situation is like the joints in a piece of bamboo: if one joint is ruptured, then all the joints will split' (WND-1, 512). It is important, therefore, that we chant strongly and specifically about each problem or challenge facing us, take resolute action, and emerge victorious. It doesn't matter if the challenge is small or seemingly ordinary. The key is to pledge to complete it and then carry out that pledge, with sincerity and persistence, until we've accomplished what we set out to do. That is like splitting the first joint in a bamboo stalk; it creates tremendous momentum for every subsequent challenge. It becomes the momentum for human revolution and the momentum for eternal victory in both youth and life."

SGI Newsletter No. 8562, 59th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, Advancing with Unstoppable Momentum, from the 16th July, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 20th July 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 ---
CHUKEI GYOJI O SASAERU
"satellite group" NO MINASAMA.
TOMO NI KIBO O TODOKERU
KUDOKU WA MURYO MUHEN DA.
JIMICHI NA KAGE NO ROKU NI KANSHA!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SOYO KIBI NI FUSHITE BANRI O WATARI HEKIRA SHOTO NI KAKARITE SENJIN O NOBU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 26)


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