[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 4th July 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 5th July 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of the people who take responsibility for raising and fostering
our very much treasured future division members,
thank you so much for all that you do!
May our Soka Family be even closer knit
and harmonious than ever before!

Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If one's heavy karma from the past is not expiated within this lifetime, one must undergo the sufferings of hell in the future, but if one experiences extreme hardship in this life [because of the Lotus Sutra], the sufferings of hell will vanish instantly."

(Lessening One's Karmic Retribution - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 199)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, July 4th, 2012

Thursday, July 5th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Our lives are eternal, continuing from the present existence on to the next and the next. This is what is meant by subsequent existences. Our actions in this existence determine our karmic reward or retribution in future existences. In other words, this continuity of life without beginning or end is governed by the law of cause and effect.

"Those who uphold the Gohonzon and practice with strong faith in this present existence create a cause for attaining Buddhahood again in subsequent existences. If, on the other hand, they slander the Law in this existence, then as the Daishonin taught, they are creating a cause for future misery.

"If one dedicates oneself to the happiness of others in this life and remains true to one's mission for kosen-rufu, no matter how much suffering one undergoes, or even if one's life is taken in some great persecution, one is certain to attain Buddhahood in future existences.

"Knowledge of the persistence of life throughout the three existences of past, present, and future enables us to establish true values, a sound view of life, and genuine ethics."

SGI Newsletter No. 8554, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 25: Chap. 3, Gentle Breeze 22, translated 29th 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 ---
TAKARA NO MIRAIBU O SASAERU
TANTO SHA NO MINASAMA
ITSUMO ARIGATO!
WAGA SOKA KAZOKU WA
MOTTOMO NAKAYOKI TSUDOI NARI!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SENGO NO OMOKI KONJO NI TSUKIZU SHITE MIRAI NI JIGOKU NO KU O UKU BEKI GA KONJO NI KAKARU JUKU NI AI SORAEBA JIGOKU NO KURUSHIMI PATTO KIETE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1000)






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