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

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

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To our proud and praiseworthy fellow members of the Kanto* region -
our courageous fighting spirit** is based on tenacious chanting and action.
It's based on breaking through any obstacle
with the strong unity of many in body, one in mind.
Let's boldly raise high the flag of Soka.

* Kanto is the region that includes Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures of Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa.
** Fighting spirit in Japanese is also pronounced Kanto though the Chinese characters for it are different from the ones used to refer to the Kanto area.

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood."

(The Opening of the Eyes - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 283)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 12th, 2012

Thursday, December 13th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The true measure of a person lies in their state of life. Living an idle existence without any worries or cares in a comfortable environment is not conducive to inner growth. Rather than achieving human revolution, one will only grow lazy and stagnate. In contrast, it could be said that adversity is the mother of inner transformation."

SGI Newsletter No. 8682, The New Human Revolution––Volume 26: Chapter 1, Atsuta 28, translated 4th Dec. 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--
KANTO NO HOKORI TAKAKI TOMO YO!
WARERA NO KANTO SEISHIN TO WA
SHUNEN NO INORI TO KODO DA!
ITAIDOSHIN NO TOPPA RYOKU DA!
DODO TARU SOKA NO HATA O.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"WARE NARABINI WAGA DESHI SHONAN ARITOMO UTAGAU KOKORO NAKUBA JINEN NI BUKKAI NI ITARU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 234)


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