[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 8th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 9th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, December 8th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our proud gallant friends
with a great vow in the great Hokuriku region,*
the wellspring of the oneness of mentor and disciple.
Now is the time for us all to take that decisive action
that will determine the victorious advancement of kosen-rufu!

*Hokuriku covers Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures.
Soka Gakkai second president Josei Toda was born in Ishikawa in 1900.

Saturday, December 8th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood, but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both will fall into hell. If teacher and disciple are of different minds, they will never accomplish anything."

(Flowering and Bearing Grain - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 909) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 8th, 2012

Sunday, December 9th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Speaking of the power of praise, the Daishonin writes: 'The more gold is heated in the flames, the brighter will be its colour; the more a sword is whetted, the sharper it will become' (WND-1, 673). Let us praise and encourage the innate goodness and talent of children, which are like gold or a fine sword. I hope you will search out each child's strengths and the areas where they are challenging themselves, sincerely praising them whenever the opportunity presents itself."

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--
SHITEI GENRYU NO TENCHI
DAIHOKURIKU NO TOMO YO!
SEIGAN NO HOMARE NO YUJA YO!
KOFU NO ISSAI O KACHI HIRAKU
KETTEIDA O IMA KOSO HANATE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOKI DESHI O MOTSU TOKINBA SHITEI BUKKA NI ITARI ASHIKI DESHI O TAKUWAINUREBA SHITEI JIGOKU NI OTSU TO IERI SHITEI SOI SEBA NANIGOTO MO NASU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 900)


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