[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 2nd Sep. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 3rd Sep. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It's time to take on a new challenge!
The courage to take one step forwards
can completely change the current situation.
Let's overcome the limitations that we ourselves have set
and play out a victorious drama in our human revolution.

Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"They [the Buddhas of the ten directions] will be seated side by side like the stars in the heavens, or the rows of rice and hemp plants on the earth, and will guard and protect the votaries of the Lotus Sutra"

(Reply to the Mother of Ueno - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. I, page 1074)
Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, September 2nd, 2012

Monday, September 3rd, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'All disciples and lay supporters of Nichiren should chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with the spirit of many in body but one in mind, transcending all differences among themselves[1] to become as inseparable as fish and the water in which they swim. This spiritual bond is the basis for the universal transmission of the ultimate Law of life and death.' (WND-1, 217)

"This passage elucidates the actual practice for transmitting the heritage enabling all living beings to attain Buddhahood.

"This is the most essential and fundamental of the Daishonin's teachings.

"The heritage of the ultimate Law of life is transmitted through the shared commitment of mentor and disciple. It pulses in the life of each individual striving with this united spirit to achieve the lofty goal of kosen-rufu, based and centered on faith in the Gohonzon.

"The 'mind' of 'many in body but one in mind' refers to faith in chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. It is linked to the spirit or determination to realise kosen-rufu.

"In today's terms, it means that by joining the living organisation of the Soka Gakkai, which is based on the Gohonzon, and by practising the Daishonin's Buddhism, each individual attains Buddhahood in this lifetime and establishes eternal happiness. That is the 'heritage of the ultimate Law of life.'

"I hope that all of you will engrave this passage in your lives and never forget it as long as you live. Please encourage one another as you strive to secure the foundations of kosen-rufu."

SGI Newsletter No. 8597, Young Phoenixes, Soar into the Future!, (6) President Ikeda's Lecture on "The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life", from the April 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 31st Aug. 2012

[1] The phrase "transcending all differences among themselves" could be rendered literally as "without any thought of self or other, this or that." This is not a denial of individuality, but rather urges the bridging of the gaps between people that arise from self-centredness.

* 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--
ARATANA CHOSEN NO TOKI!
YUKI NO IPPO GA
KANKYO O IPPEN SASERU.
KOSHIN NO KABE O UCHI YABURI
NINGEN KAKUMEI NO SHORI GEKI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TEN NIWA HOSHI NO GOTOKU CHI NIWA TOMA NO YONI NAMI I SASE TAMAI HOKEKYO NO GYOJA O SHUGO SESASE TAMAU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1570)


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