[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 28th Jan. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 29th Jan. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, January 28th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Courage calls forth courage.
Let's share with others our personal experiences
of having chanted, taking action and overcoming obstacles.
Let's light a flame of conviction and determination
in the hearts of our fellow members!

Tuesday, January 28th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Believe in this mandala with all your heart. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"

(Reply to Kyo'o - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 412)
Selection source: New Human Revolution, Seikyo Shimbun, January 28th, 2013

Wednesday, January 29th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'One who listens to even a sentence or phrase of the [Lotus] sutra and cherishes it deep in one's heart may be likened to a ship that crosses the sea of the sufferings of birth and death' (WND-1, 33). In our world today, rife with the four sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death, our efforts to talk with others about Nichiren Buddhism can open the way to happiness and peace pervaded by the noble virtues of eternity, happiness, true self, and purity for both ourselves and others. The higher the breakers of adversity buffeting our times, the more steadily and powerfully our great ship of Soka must advance.

"The Norwegian poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910) wrote: 'The greater the courage of pioneers, the more people will follow in their footsteps.'[1]

SGI Newsletter No. 8708, Our Brilliant Path to Victory, Bring Forth Fresh Passion and Energy!—Part 2 [of 2], from the 19th Oct., 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 22nd Jan. 2013

[1] Translated from Japanese. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, "Hito no Chikara wo Koeru Mono" (Beyond Human Power), Noberu Sho Bungaku Zenshu (An Anthology of Nobel Prize-winning Literature), translated by Mitsuya Mori (Tokyo: Shufunotomo Co. Ltd., 1972), vol. 19, p. 71.

* 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--
YUKI WA YUKI O YOBU.
MIZUKARA GA INORI, UGOKI,
KABE O YABUTTA TAIKEN O KATARE.
DOSHI NO KOKORO NI
KETSUI TO KAKUSHIN NO HONO O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO MANDARA YOKUYOKU SHINJISASE TAMAU BESHI NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA SHISHIKU NO GOTOSHI IKANARU YAMAI SAWARI O NASU BEKIYA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1124)


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