[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 8th January 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 9th January 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's wisely manage our daily rhythm of life.
Making good choices about the food we eat and our sleeping time,
let's not allow exhaustion to accumulate.
Let's make healthy living our top priority!

Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And Nichiren declares that the sufferings that all living beings undergo, all springing from this one cause--all these are Nichiren's own sufferings."

(On Reprimanding Hachiman - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 934)
Selection source: "Teachings of Buddhism", Seikyo Shimbun, 23rd December, 2012

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"As the great scientist Albert Einstein (1879–1955) declared: 'Enduring peace will come about, not by countries continuing to threaten one another, but only through an honest effort to create mutual trust.'[1] To succeed in dialogue, which is the most direct path to peace, it is important to build trust and to forge and foster friendships. Towards that end, let us listen to what others have to say, respect others, and learn from them. These are the golden rules of meaningful dialogue.

"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'The purpose of the appearance in this world of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his behaviour as a human being' (WND-1, 852). It is only through our sincerity and earnest actions that we can promote a growing commitment to the ideals of peace."

SGI Newsletter No. 8693. Our Brilliant Path to Victory. The 55th Anniversary of President Toda's Declaration for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons—Part 2 [of 2], from the 12th Sep., 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 28th Dec. 2012

[1] Albert Einstein, Einstein on Peace (New York: Schocken Books, 1960), p. 380.

* 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--
SEIKATSU RHYTHM O
KENMEI NI TOTONOEYO!
SHOKUJI YA SUIMIN O KUFU SHI
TSUKARE O TAMENAI YO NI.
KENKO DAIICHI NO JINSEI O AYUME!


-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NICHIREN IWAKU ISSAI SHUJO NO DOITSUKU WA KOTOGOTOKU KORE
NICHIREN ICHININ NO KU TO MOSUBESHI"

(Gosho Zenshu, page 587)


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