[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 18th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 19th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Thanks to the passion and commitment of our youth,
kosen-rufu has taken a giant leap forwards.
Thank you so much for all your efforts.
With renewed vigour and resolve
let's all make a fresh departure towards a brand new future.

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And could not this illness of your husband's be the Buddha's design, because the Vimalakirti and Nirvana sutras both teach that sick people will surely attain Buddhahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way."
(The Good Medicine for All Ills - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 937)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 18th, 2012

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"What is the secret to finding true fulfillment in life? Pearl Buck (1892–1973), the American author of such acclaimed novels as The Mother and The Good Earth, wrote: 'The secret of life and content is to begin a new day with courage and with the belief that it can be made the best of all days, whatever change it brings.'[1] While lovingly caring for a daughter who was born with severe disabilities, Buck also worked for peace and human rights.

"The sun of time without beginning rises unfailingly in the hearts of all of us who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo day after day and year after year. Even in the darkness of adversity with no end in sight, we can revitalise our lives with the light of hope through invigorating gongyo and daimoku."

SGI Newsletter No. 8690, Bringing the Sun of Time without Beginning to Shine in Our Lives, from the January 2013 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated 17th Dec. 2012

[1] Pearl S. Buck, American Argument, in collaboration with Eslanda Goode Robeson (New York: The John Day Company, 1949), p. 198.

* 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--
SEINEN NO NETSU TO CHIKARA DE
KOSEN RUFU WA DAIYAKUSHIN!
HONTO NI ARIGATO!
MINA GA ATARASHI KETSUI DE
ATARSHI MIRAI E SHUPPATSU!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO YAMAI WA HOTOKE NO ONHAKARAI KA SONO YUE WA JOMYOKYO NEHANGYO NIWA YAMAI ARU HITO HOTOKE NI NARUBEKI YOSHI TOKARETE SORO YAMAI NI YORITE DOSHIN WA OKORI SORO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1480)



------------------------------------

If you have a friend(s) who would like to get To My Friends directly get them to send an E-mail to the following address and just simply write - "subscribe"
: SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-subscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk

from there on it is all automatic!

ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following address and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!

http://www.sgi.org/

To unsubscribe from this group, but PLEASE let us know if there is anything we can do to improve, send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@egroups.com

To modify your subscription from receiving daily to picking up as you wish go to http://www.egroups.com/mygroups

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/

<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/join
(Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-digest@yahoogroups.co.uk
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.co.uk

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms.html