[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 12th Oct. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 13th Oct. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Friday, October 12th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's be sure to express our heartfelt appreciation to
all those members who, despite their hectic schedules,
take care of our satellite broadcast meetings for us.
It is because of such dedicated efforts behind the scenes
that the Soka castle is unassailable.

Friday, October 12th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Single-mindedly chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and urge others to do the same; that will remain as the only memory of your present life in this human world."
(Questions and Answers about Embracing the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 64) Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shinbun, October 12th, 2012

Saturday, October 13th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In my youth, as I was preparing to embark on the Osaka Campaign (in May 1956), I made a firm resolution: 'If I can achieve victory in this struggle, I will be able to open the way for victory in all future struggles.' All of our efforts for kosen-rufu adorn our lives with immeasurable benefit and a proud record of achievement that will shine ever more brilliantly with the passing of time.

"...The great Mexican poet Octavio Paz (1914–98) wrote:

"I found myself facing a wall
and a sign on the wall read:
'Here begins your future.'"[1]

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] Translated from Spanish. Octavio Paz, "Apuntes del insomnio" (Notes of Insomnia), in Libertad bajo palabra: obra poética, 1935-1957 (Freedom under Parole: Poetic Works, 1935-1957), (Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1968), p. 45.

* 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--
TABONA AIMA O NUTTE
CHUKEI GYOJI O SASAERU TOMO NI
KOKORO KARANO KANSHA NO KOTOBA O!
JIMICHINA KAGE NO ROKU ARITE
SOKA NO SHIRO WA BANJAKU NARI!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SUBEKARAKU KOKORO O ITSU NI SHITE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO WARE MO TONAE TA OMO SUSUMEN NOMI KOSO KONJO NINKAI NO OMOIDE NARU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 467)


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