[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 11th Oct. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 12th Oct. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, October 11th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
When we hear any news from others,
even if it is seemingly a small matter,
it's very important that we respond immediately.
This shows how sincerely we care.
Taking swift action with lightning speed
is the way to success and development.

Thursday, October 11th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"No matter how poor these estates might be, avoid complaining of it, either to others or to your lord. If you say, 'They are excellent, excellent lands,' your lord may add to your fiefs again. But if you say things like, 'The lands are poor,' or 'There are no profits,' you could very well be forsaken by both heaven and other people. You should bear this in mind."
(The Receipt of New Fiefs - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 945) Selection Source: Suntetsu, Seikyo Shinbun, October 11th, 2012

Friday, October 12th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"There are some words of the Daishonin that I would like all of us to engrave in our hearts. It is the passage from The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings: 'Great joy [is what] one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been the Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys'(cf. OTT, 211–12).

"Realising that 'one's mind from the very beginning has been the Buddha' means awakening to the fact that one's life itself is the ultimate reality, incomparably noble, strong, and wise and in complete rhythm with the fundamental Law of the universe. A person who chants Nam-myoho-renge-kyo can experience 'the greatest of all joys' as an entity of the Mystic Law and lead a life of supreme fulfillment and victory.

"Nothing surpasses the power of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. The Daishonin writes: 'Myo [mystic] means to revive, that is, to return to life' (WND-1, 149). In accord with these words, let's bring forth the inexhaustible life force that resides within us, and joyfully and energetically expand our circles of joy, hope, and happiness in our families, communities, workplaces, and societies."

SGI Newsletter No. 8643, Paving the Way to a True Golden Age of Worldwide Kosen-rufu (SGI President Ikeda sent the following message to the 61st Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, on October 7th, 2012. At this meeting, Soka Gakkai President Harada announced the organisational theme for 2013 as "Year of Victory for a Youthful SGI." Translated 10th Oct. 2012 from the October 8th, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun

[1] "New Power" General Meeting—a general meeting for members who have just started practicing or who are still young in their Buddhist practice. "Kayo Leaders" General Meeting—a general meeting for young women's division group leaders, who are known in Japan as "Kayo leaders."

* 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--
CHIISANA KOTO NIMO
SOKUZA NI HANNO SEYO!
SOKO NI SEIJITSUSA GA HIKARU.
DENKO SEKKA NO KODO KOSO
SHORI TO HATTEN NO MICHI!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"IKANI WAROKU TOMO WAROKI YOSHI HITO NIMO MATA KAMI EMO MOSASE TAMAU BEKARAZU SORO YOKI TOKORO YOKI TOKORO TO MOSHI TAMAWABA MATA KASANETE TAMAWARASE TAMAU BESHI WAROKI TOKORO TOKUBUN NASHI NANDO SORAWABA TEN NIMO HITO NIMO SUTERARE TAMAI SORAWANZURU NI SORO ZO ON KOKOROE ARU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1183)


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