[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 29th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 30th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, December 29th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's forever advance, no matter what,
with an ever-youthful spirit!
That is the very spirit of the SGI.
Together with our wonderful fellow members,
let's set a fresh new pace to the next year
and open up new paths to our advancement.

Saturday, December 29th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. no matter what happens."

(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 29th, 2012

Sunday, December 30th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"From the viewpoint of the correct teaching of Buddhism, what is the best way to help guide to enlightenment people living in an age of conflict that seems filled with inescapable suffering; what is the best way to eliminate misery and misfortune from the world? The only solution is to help those living in such an age become strong and wise, and to awaken them to the powerful life force of Buddhahood that resides within them and can provide them with the strength to bounce back from every form of hardship and adversity."

SGI Newsletter No. 8691, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [43] "Reply to Niiama." The Gohonzon Opens the Way to Happiness for All People, from the August 2012 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 25th 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--
WARERA WA TSUNENI MAE E!
EIEN NI SEINEN NO KOKORO DE!
SORE GA SOKA NO TAMASHII DA.
IDAINA DOSHI TO TOMONI
MYONEN MO ARATANA KAIKAKU O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOIAWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)


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