A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo
Shimbun and more.
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our brilliant Student Division members
taking the upcoming Soka Gakkai Study Department proficiency test:
I would like all of you to engrave the values of
truth and compassion in your lives.
Three cheers to a youth spent
in 'exerting yourself in the two ways of practice and study'*.
**Gosho - The True Aspect of All Phenomena - (WND 1, page 386), "Exert yourself in the two ways of practice and study. Without practice and study, there can be no Buddhism. You must not only persevere yourself; you must also teach others. Both practice and study arise from faith. Teach others to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase."
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Thrust aside evil friends and associate with good companions."
(The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 832)
Selection source: New Human Revolution, Atsuta Village - 60, Seikyo Shimbun, August 24th, 2012
Wednesday, August 29th, 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, SGI President Ikeda's Guidance for Youth, To My Young Friends—Leaders of a New Age, Translated on August 15, 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--
KYOGAKU SHIKEN NI IDOMU
GAKUSEIBU NO SHUNEI YO.
SEIGI TO JIHI NO DAITESTUGAKU O
WAGA INOCHI NI KIZAMIYUKE!
GYOGAKU NIDO NO SEISHUN, BANZAI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"AKUCHISHIKI O SUTETE ZENYU NI SHINGON SEYO TOWA KORENARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1244)
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