[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] August 17th To My Friends and Daily Gosho + August 18th Daily Enc.

 

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

Friday, August 17th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let us always begin our day
with the strong and powerful momentum of the rising sun.
Let's chant sonorous Daimoku!
And let's meet people with a refreshing and energetic morning greeting!
It is through such efforts that we are able to win the trust of people around us.

Friday, August 17th, 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.1, page 283)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 17th, 2012

Saturday, August 18th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
What is the driving force for our human revolution? It is our Buddhist practice directed toward the realization of kosen-rufu.
It is important for us to chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, make a vow for kosen-rufu, transform ourselves and our environment, and win one victory after another. Nichiren Daishonin says that we should chant "as earnestly as though to produce fire from damp wood, or to obtain water from parched ground" (cf. WND-1, 444). The strategy of the Lotus Sutra--faith in the Mystic Law--enables us to make the impossible possible.

SGI Newsletter No. 8573, SGI President Ikeda's Encouragement, On Our Shared Journey for Kosen-rufu, translated Wednesday, August 1, 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 ---
KYOKUJITSU NO IKIOI DE
ASA O SHUPPATSU SHIYO.
RORO TARU INORI O!
SUGASUGASHI AISATSU O!
SOKO NI SHINRAI GA HIKARU.

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

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