[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 2nd Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 3rd Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin states,
"(The greater the hardships befalling him,)
the greater the delight he feels, because of his strong faith."*
Today again, let's advance!
Never leave behind any regrets.
With resolute fierce determination,
let's break down those walls of self-imposed limitations
that are holding us back!

*A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering - WND-I, page 33

Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"... secular matters are the entirety of Buddhism."

(The Gift of Rice - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 1126) Selection source: Buddhist study for new members, Shimbun, December 2nd, 2012

Monday, December 3rd, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The ancient Roman philosopher Seneca declared: 'A true king fears nothing.'[1] Aligning our lives with the Mystic Law and making our way with the dignified spirit of kings of humanity and faith, let us elevate our life conditions, enable many others to form a connection to the Daishonin's Buddhism, and raise a new and glorious victory banner!

"With confidence
and optimism,
resolutely triumph
in this life
like kings."

SGI Newsletter No. 8674, Raise High the Banner of Invincible Resolve, from the December 2012 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated 16th Nov. 2012

[1] Seneca, Phaedra and Other Plays, translated by R. Scott Smith (London: Penguin Books, 2011), p. 213.

* 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--
"GOJO NO SHINJIN
IYOIYO YOROKOBI O NASU BESHI"
SA KYO MO ZENSHIN!
DANJITE KUI O NOKOSUNA!
MOZENTO JISHIN NO KABE O YABURE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SEKEN NO HO GA BUPPO NO ZENTAI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1597)


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