[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 25th Oct. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 26th Oct. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, October 25th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The age is deeply yearning
for the passion and power of young people
who can warm people's hearts and propel society forwards.
Youth of Soka, come on! Stand up, show us what you can do!

Thursday, October 25th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"I entrust you with the propagation of Buddhism in your province. It is stated that 'the seeds of Buddhahood sprout as a result of conditions, and for this reason they preach the single vehicle.'"

(The Properties of Rice - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1117)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, October 25th, 2012

Friday, October 26th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In our dialogue, the eminent British historian Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975) said to me: 'We must not be defeatist, passive or aloof in our reaction to the current evils that threaten mankind's survival.'1]

"We are all Bodhisattvas of the Earth. We were born into this world in accord with our vow to contribute to the happiness of humanity. As such, we must not be indifferent to people and events around us or what is happening in society at large. If we were to live with such disinterest, we would no longer be bodhisattvas."

SGI Newsletter No. 8654, To My Young Friends—Leaders of a New Age. [6] Working Together in Harmonious Unity—Part 2 [of 3], from 3rd Oct., 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 24th Oct., 2012.

[1] Arnold Toynbee and Daisaku Ikeda, Choose Life: A Dialogue (London: I. B. Tauris and Co., Ltd., 2007), 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--
HITOBITO NO KOKORO O ATATAME
SHAKAI O ZENSHIN SASERU
WAKAKI [NETSU] TO [CHIKARA] O
JIDAI WA MOTOMETE IRU.
SOKA NO SEINEN YO TATE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SONO KUNI NO BUPPO WA KIHEN NI MAKASE TATEMATSURI SOROZO BUSSHU WA EN NI YOTTE OKORU KONO YUENI ICHIJO O TOKU NARU BESHI."
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1467)


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