[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 31st Aug. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 1st Sep. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Friday, August 31st, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Personal problems come in all shapes and sizes.
By taking the time to talk to people, one by one,
and to carefully listen to what they have to say,
let's always try to do our best to give them clear-cut encouragement.
It's those thoughtful acts of genuine care and consideration
that truly inspire our fellow precious members.

Friday, August 31st, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood."

(The Opening of the Eyes, The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. I, page 283)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 31st, 2012

Saturday, September 1st, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'This principle of the Ten Worlds applies not only to living beings. All things that make up the objective and the subjective worlds, as well as insentient beings such as plants and trees and so on down to the tiniest speck of dust, are every one of them endowed with the Ten Worlds.'
- From "The Differences between Hinayana and Mahayana" (WND-2, 471).

"Viewed from the true essence of Buddhism, we find that not only human beings but all things in the universe possess the supremely noble Buddha nature. The wisdom to establish the dignity of life as a universal principle and to promote our harmonious coexistence with others, the natural world, and the universe is found in the teaching of the Mystic Law.

"Many people around the world are beginning to deeply seek this supreme philosophy. Our grassroots dialogue movement to share the greatness of the Daishonin's Buddhism is a noble endeavour to make the 21st century shine as a century of life."

SGI Newsletter No. 8593, Living the Gosho, (87) The Happiness of Our Families, translated Aug. 24th, 2012, from the July 28th, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun.

* 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--
HITO NO NAYAMI WA SENSA BANBETSU.
HITORI HITORI NI MIMI O KATAMUKE
GUTAITEKI NA HAGEMASHI O!
KOMAYAKANA KOKORO ZUKAI NI
DOSHI WA FURUI TATSU!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"WARE NARABI NI WAGA DESHI SHONAN ARITOMO UTAGAU KOKORO NAKUBA JINEN NI BUKKAI NI ITARU BESHI."
(Gosho Zenshu, page 234)



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