[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 24th Nov. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 25th Nov. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, November 24th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our members in the great Chubu Region*,
our stronghold of kosen-rufu and the very centre of Japan,
let's show to others what great triumphs of the people are!
Let's advance together, with patience and perseverance,
along "this road" of justice & truth that we have vowed to take.

*Central Japan covering Aichi, Gifu and Mie prefectures

Saturday, November 24th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"How gratifying! You have associated with a friend in the orchid room and have become as straight as mugwort growing among hemp."

(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 23)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, November 24th, 2012

Sunday, November 25th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Brazilian author Erico Verissimo (1905–1975) wrote: 'When the winds of change blow, some people raise barriers while others build windmills.'[1] We must never let change hold us back or intimidate us. Instead, we should boldly seize it as an opportunity, using our courage and wisdom to create from it something of even more value for people's happiness and the welfare of society. This is the Soka way of life demonstrated by the first three presidents.

"President Dorival Almeida Ferreira of Brazil's Dom Bosco College of Higher Education, who visited the Soka University campus in Tokyo in September, has also experienced the difficulties and challenges of founding a school in a time of great change. Speaking of his philosophy in life, he has said: 'When you decide to do something, you should persevere at it until you succeed.... Don't blame others for what you can't do, but ask yourself what it is that you can do.'[2]"

SGI Newsletter No. 8675, Our Brilliant Path to Victory, Making a Fresh Vow on the Day of the Soka Gakkai's Founding, translated 21st Nov. 2012, from 15th November, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun,

[1] Translated from Portuguese.
[2] Translated from Portuguese.

* 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--
KENRUI DAICHUBU YO
NIHON NO CHUSHIN KARA
MINSHU NO GAIKA O AGEYO!
SEIGAN NO "KONO MICHI" O
NINTAI TO SHUNEN DE TSUKI SUSUME!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOROKOBASHIKI KANA NANJI RANSHITSU NO TOMO NI MAJIWARITE MAHO NO SHO TO NARU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 31)


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