A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, January 19th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our dear friends who are taking school entrance exams -
don't be defeated!
Never ever give in,
continue trying your best until the very last moment of the challenge.
We are all chanting daimoku earnestly for you
so that you can clearly show what you have worked
so hard to achieve in your studies.
*The National Center Test for University Admissions, a standardized test used by public and some private universities in Japan, is being held today and tomorrow across the nation.
Saturday, January 19th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."
(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, January 19th, 2013
Sunday, January 20th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin states that if we follow a friend who upholds the Lotus Sutra, a person who is a rare treasure, we will not only be able to attain Buddhahood, but also to lead others to enlightenment, even parents who may have initially been opposed to our Buddhist practice (cf. WND-1, 638). As long as we stay united with our fellow members, good friends who embrace the Mystic Law, we will be able to walk the path to happiness and victory, and help our other friends and loved ones do the same."
SGI Newsletter No. 8704, Forging Ahead Joyfully and Harmoniously from Our Discussion Meetings, from the February 2013 issue of Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translated 17th 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--
JUKENSEI, MAKERUNA!
SAIGO MADE ZETTAI NI
AKIRAMETEWA IKENAI.
CHIKARA O HAKKI DEKIRU YO
MINA GA INOTTE IRU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOI AWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE KORE ANI JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)
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