[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 9th Sep. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 10th Sep. 2012 Daily Enc.

* National press holiday in Japan today so we'll hold on to "Words of the Week" to cover the gap tomorrow. Hope that is OK and that you have a really great week! So...

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

Sunday, September 9th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To foster capable individuals means that we create the future.
At home, the most important place to do so,
and wherever else,
let's make every effort to raise our precious young successors
of kosen-rufu.
Together with them, let's put our faith into practise!

Sunday, September 9th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The greater the hardships befalling him, the greater the delight he feels, because of his strong faith."

(A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 33) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance, Seikyo Shimbun, September 9th, 2012

Monday, September 10th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'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. [Talk to others about Buddhism] to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase.'
- From 'The True Aspect of All Phenomena' (WND-1, 386).

"The writings of Nichiren Daishonin are teachings of hope. When we study these writings and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, our lives come to shine all the more brightly and overflow with courage, the wisdom of the Mystic Law, and the power of the Buddha.

"The Daishonin encourages us to talk to others about Buddhism. Let's vibrantly reach out to others in dialogue. The more we talk to others about our practice, the more people we can help form a connection with the Daishonin's Buddhism and the more benefit we can accumulate.

"It is through exerting ourselves in the two ways of practice and study that we lay the foundation for victory for both our own lives and kosen-rufu."

SGI Newsletter No. 8598, Living the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (89) Exert Yourself in the Two Ways of Practice and Study, from 15th Aug., 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 3rd Sep. 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--
HITO O SODATERU KOTO WA
MIRAI O TSUKURU KOTO DA.
"KATEI" O CHUSHIN NI
KOKEI NO TAKARA O HAGUKUMO!
TOMONI SHINJIN NO JISSEN O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAINAN KITARINABA GOJO NO SHINJIN IYOIYO YOROKOBI O NASU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1448)


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