[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 29th Aug. 2012 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 30th Aug. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Being proactive in making the first move
is the inviolable rule towards achieving victory.
With our prayers and Daimoku in the very centre
let us take one more step forwards,
spending today as cheerfully and vibrantly as we possibly can!

Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The 'great vow' refers to the propagation of the Lotus Sutra."

(The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 82) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, August 6th, 2012
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, August 29th, 2012

Thursday, August 30th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin writes: 'Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?' (WND-1, 412).

"The Mystic Law is the power source that enables us to vanquish the sufferings of illness. It is the best of all medicines for our life. Mr. Toda often used to say: 'The human body is one big pharmaceutical factory.'

"The important thing is to pray intensely and continuously so that the great life force of the Buddha can manifest itself in your body and vanquish the devil of illness. If you fight against sickness based on faith in the Mystic Law, you can definitely transform all poison into medicine."

SGI Newsletter No. 8588, To My Young Friends—Leaders of a New Age, [5] Be Healthy in Body and Mind—Part 2 [of 3], from the July 26th, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 15th Aug. 2012

* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web- site
address at http://www.sokanet.jp/sg/sn/member_support_top.html

--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
SENTEI O UTSU!
SORE GA SHORI NO TESSOKU.
INORI O KONPON NI
AKARUKU IKIIKI TO
KYO MOICHIPPO ZENSHIN!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAIGAN TOWA HOKKE GUTSU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 736)


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