[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 3rd Oct. 2012 To My Friends and daily Gosho + 4th Oct. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The "New Power" (of Soka's new members)
will open up the way to a brand new age.
Let's make every effort to wholeheartedly encourage
all of our new members in faith.
Together, let's advance refreshingly and dynamically.

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."

(On Prayer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 345)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shinbun, October 3rd, 2012

Thursday, October 4th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The problem is that when a wide variety of individuals get together, there can be personality conflicts, which can lead to disunity. What can we do in such situations?

"At times like that, the 'one in mind' aspect of 'many in body, one in mind' is important. 'One in mind' means striving for the same goals. From our perspective, it means dedicating our lives to the noble goal of kosen-rufu.

"Nichiren Daishonin quotes the saying: 'To discard the shallow and seek the profound is the way of a person of courage' (WND-1, 402). Seeking the profound is what's most vital.

"If everyone can break free from petty, egoistic attachments to personal prestige or the ambitions for fame and profit, and base themselves on their great vow for kosen-rufu, the strongest unity will result. Then each individual will be able to demonstrate their greatest potential. A single drop of water can't bore a hole in even a single leaf, but if countless drops of water are combined into a great ocean, they can form mighty breakers and penetrate even giant boulders.

"We can do our human revolution by earnestly chanting and constantly striving to achieve unity for the sake of kosen-rufu, and to become people who can unite harmoniously in a shared effort with others."

SGI Newsletter No. 8635, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 25: Chap. 4, Bastion of Capable People 52, translated 25th Sep. 2012

* 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--
SOKA NO "NEW POWER" GA
ATARASHI JIDAI O HIRAKU!
SHIN NYUKAI NO TOMO NI
OI NARU HAGEMASHI O!
TOMO NI IKIIKI TO ZENSHIN.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURU TOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURU TOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1351)


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