[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 19th Sep. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 20th Sep. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The tougher the challenges we face,
the more we need to be sure to advance joyfully,
just like we were performing a wonderful dance in high spirits and good cheer!
We are fortunate to share the precious bond of mentor and disciple,
the most important factor in order to achieve absolute victory!

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."

(On Prayer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 345)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, September 19th, 2012

Thursday, September 20th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin cites the words: 'Since the Law is wonderful, the person is worthy of respect; since the person is worthy of respect, the land is sacred'[1] (WND-1, 1097). The person who upholds the supreme Law deserves supreme respect. This is true humanism. How respectworthy, then, are all of you who are striving so hard to spread the Mystic Law! . . .

"Mr. Toda [also] gave guidance [on this point], quoting a passage from the Gosho 'On the Four Stages of Faith and the Five Stages of Practice.' The Daishonin states in that passage that his disciples who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo 'surpass by a hundred, thousand, ten thousand, million times the founders of the . . . various other schools of Buddhism.' And he adds, 'Therefore, I entreat the people of this country: Do not look down upon my disciples!' (WND-1, 788).

"You are not only chanting the Mystic Law (Nam-myoho-renge-kyo), but also spreading it throughout Japan and the world. You are carrying out the widespread propagation of the Law. As such you have a truly incredible stature.

"The Daishonin called on the people of Japan and the entire world not to look down on his disciples....

"If you should encounter criticism or ridicule arising from others' ignorance or lack of understanding about our movement, just laugh it off, telling yourself, 'Why should I let such a person bother me? Am I going to let this little obstacle stop me?' and continue to live with pride and confidence."

SGI Newsletter No. 8615, Excerpts from SGI President Ikeda's speech at the 6th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting in Tokyo, 21st May, 2001. These excerpts were featured in a video of the speech, which was shown during the 60th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting in Tokyo, 6th Sep., 2012. The excerpted text appeared in the 14th Sep., 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai daily newspaper. Translated 14th Sep. 2012

[1] T'ien-t'ai, The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra.

* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web- site
address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html

--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
TATAKAI GA KONNAN NA HODO
MAI O MAU GOTOKU
YOROKOBI ISANDE SUSUME!
WARERA NI WA ZETTAI SHORI NO
SHITEI TO DOSHI NO KIZUNA GA ARU!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURU TOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURU TOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1351)




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