[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 7th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 8th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Friday, December 7th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Hokkaido, the land that I sincerely love and admire,
is always brimming with the pioneer spirit.
There our fellow members
overcome any kind of blizzard or gale
no matter how fierce.
To all of my dear friends in Hokkaido,
who are proudly struggling for the sake of kosen-rufu
with the same mind as the three founding presidents,
let's be victorious!

Friday, December 7th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"All disciples and lay supporters of Nichiren should chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with the spirit of many in body but one in mind, transcending all differences among themselves to become as inseparable as fish and the water in which they swim. This spiritual bond is the basis for the universal transmission of the ultimate Law of life and death."

(The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 217) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 7th, 2012

Saturday, December 8th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Those who continue to challenge themselves and work hard are able to understand the efforts and hard work of others, as if reflected in a mirror."

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--
AISURU HOKAI TENCHI NIWA
MOERU KAITAKU DAMASHII GA ARU!
IKANARU FUBUKI MO REPPU MO
UCHIYABURU DOSHI GA IRU!
SHITEI NO SANDAIJO YO KATE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SOJITE NICHIREN GA DESHI DANNA TO JITA HISHI NO KOKORO NAKU SUIGYO NO OMOI O NASHITE ITAI DOSHIN NI SHITE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO TONAE TATEMATSURU TOKORO O SHOJI ICHIDAIJI NO KETSUMYAKU TOWA IU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1337)


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