[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 5th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 6th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To my dearest fellow members of the Honjin area*
who share a noble and proud mission.
Our victories are a source of great hope and light for the entire world.
Let's show the true potential and strength of the Great Tokyo area
to people everywhere!

* Tokyo General Headquarters Area # 2, the area in which the Makiguchi Memorial hall is located and where one of the centre stages of the Soka Gakkai is.

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been the Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest joy of all joys."

(Ongi-kuden - Gosho Zenshu, page 788, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 212) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 5th, 2012"

Thursday, December 6th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Don't be afraid of failing; just press forwards with courage and a positive attitude. The fundamental spirit of those who practise the Lotus Sutra is 'brave and vigorous exertion.'"

SGI Newsletter No. 8681, Encouragement for Soka Educators (2) Creating a New Age of Education Where Teacher and Student Grow Together—Part 2 [of 3], from the 2nd Feb., 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 30th Nov. 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--
HOMARE NO HONJIN DOSHI YO!
WARERA NO SHORI KOSO
ZENSEKAI NO KIBO NO HIKARI DA!
DAITOKYO NO SOKOCHIKARA O
MANTENKA NI SHIMESHIYUKE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"WAGA KOKORO HONRAI NO HOTOKE NARI TO SHIRU O SUNAWACHI DAIKANKI TO NAZUKU IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA KANKI NO NAKA NO DAIKANKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 788)



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