[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 1st Jan. 2013 To My Friends and 2nd Jan. 2013 Daily Enc.

* We have several national/Seikyo Newspaper press holidays in Japan from tomorrow so we will hold on to "Words of the Week" to cover at least one of the days. Hope that is OK!

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

Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The passion, abilities and efforts of young people
is what will determine the direction the world takes in the future.
Ah, our dear precious youth of Soka,
now is the time to courageously take the lead and boldly advance
towards the magnificent golden age of kosen rufu!

Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"At the Ceremony in the Air, when the Buddhas and bodhisattvas of the ten directions gathered together, the two Buddhas, Shakyamuni and Many Treasures, nodded in agreement. What they decided on was nothing other than the perpetuation of the Law throughout the Latter Day."

Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, January 1st, 2013

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"When we stand up with strong faith, we manifest in our lives the Gohonzon, which the Daishonin says 'exists only within the mortal flesh of us ordinary people' (WND-1, 832).[1] Increasing the ranks of those who share in this struggle—that is, awakening growing numbers of Bodhisattvas of the Earth—is the way to make kosen-rufu a reality in the Latter Day of the Law.

"Today, faith based on the shared struggle of mentor and disciple is found in the SGI, the organisation in complete accord with the Buddha's intent and decree. The Gohonzon exists for the widespread propagation of the Mystic Law.

"Through faith, we can bring forth without limit the absolute beneficial power of the Gohonzon, or Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. We can bring forth the power to be able to savour at all times a state of absolute happiness. That is why it is so important for us not to quit our Buddhist practice.

"[1] In 'The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon,' the Daishonin writes: 'Never seek this Gohonzon outside yourself. The Gohonzon exists only within the mortal flesh of us ordinary people who embrace the Lotus Sutra and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.... This Gohonzon also is found only in the two characters for faith. This is what the sutra means when it states that one can "gain entrance through faith alone" [LSOC3, 110 (LS3, 73)]' (WND-1, 832)."

SGI Newsletter No. 8691, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [43] "Reply to Niiama." The Gohonzon Opens the Way to Happiness for All People, from the August 2012 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 25th Dec. 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--
SEINEN NO [NETSU] TO [CHIKARA] GA
SEKAI NO [SHINRO] O KIMERU.
O SOKA NO WAKODO YO!
KOSEN RUFU NO OGON JIDAI E
YUKI RINRIN TO KACHI SUSUME!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SHAKABUTSU TAHOBUTSU, JUPPO NO SHOBUTSU, BOSATSU, KOKU NI SHITE NIBUTSU UNAZUKIAI, SADAMESASE TAMAI SHI WA BETSU NO KOTO NIWA HAIZU, TADA HITOE NI MAPPO NO RYOBOKUJU NO KOTO NARI."
(Gosho Zenshu, Page 1360)


------------------------------------

If you have a friend(s) who would like to get To My Friends directly get them to send an E-mail to the following address and just simply write - "subscribe"
: SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-subscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk

from there on it is all automatic!

ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following address and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!

http://www.sgi.org/

To unsubscribe from this group, but PLEASE let us know if there is anything we can do to improve, send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@egroups.com

To modify your subscription from receiving daily to picking up as you wish go to http://www.egroups.com/mygroups

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/

<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/join
(Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-digest@yahoogroups.co.uk
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.co.uk

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms.html