[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 15th Jan. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 16th Jan. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Please take care during snowy and stormy weather conditions.
Especially be watchful of frozen roads and walkways
where you might slip, fall or even have a traffic accident.
In all that we do, let's keep safety as a top priority!

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Were they not Bodhisattvas of the Earth, they could not chant the daimoku."

(The True Aspect of All Phenomena - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 385)
Selection source: The New Human Revolution, Seikyo Shimbun, January 12th, 2013

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In a way, life can be described as a struggle to never lose hope. Life, and especially the days of your youth, can seem like a series of problems and worries—when your test scores are bad, or your family situation is tough, or you're struggling with money, or when there's a huge gap between your ideals and reality, and so forth. You may start to think that you're no good, that you're helpless, and feel negative about yourself and despair. But that's not true. Buddhism teaches that we are all born with a noble mission in life and can all shine in our own unique way. And how do we make ourselves shine? Through persevering.

"Certainly things don't always work out as we hope. We experience failures, we have setbacks, and at times we may even lose our drive for life. But at such times, we need to get back on our feet again and advance towards our goals. Having that kind of perseverance is crucial.

"Tell yourself, 'It's fine that I'm not capable enough yet! I don't care how others see me!' filled with the determination to not be defeated!"

SGI Newsletter No. 8696. The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 1,Atsuta 31, translated 8th Jan., 2013

* 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--
KYOSETSU YA KYOFU NI CHUI.
ROMEN NO TOKETSU NI YORU
TENTO YA KOTSU JIKO NI
KUREGURE MO YOJIN O.
DOKA ANZEN DAI ICHI DE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"JIYU NO BOSATSU NO SHUTSUGEN NI ARAZUNBA TONAE GATAKI DAIMOKU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1360)


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