[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 20th Feb. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 21st Feb. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
People judge the worth of a leader by their voices.
I hope therefore, as leaders,
that when we are reassuring and encouraging our friends and fellow members.
our voices emanate with warmth and confidence!
In fact, sincerely striving to make such efforts
helps us to polish our own personalities.

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(I say this for your sake. I know your faith has always been
admirable, but now you must strengthen it more than ever. Only then
will the ten demon daughters lend you even greater protection. You
need not seek far for an example.) Everyone in Japan, from the
sovereign on down to the common people, without exception has tried to
do me harm, but I have survived until this day. You should realise
that this is because, although I am alone, I have firm faith."

(The Supremacy of the Law - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 614)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, February 20th, 2013

Thursday, February 21st, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the frigid cold of the German winter in 1777, a 28-year-old leader ventured forth on horseback on a long journey deep into the mountains. Riding into the biting north wind, undeterred by sleet or hail, he pressed onwards to meet with an unknown young man who had written to him about his suffering.[1] This youthful leader who was motivated purely by his desire to help and encourage someone in anguish was none other than Goethe, whom we so greatly esteem and admire. . . .

"Goethe declared: 'Noble let man be.' [2] Don't allow yourself to be discouraged and depressed by trivial, petty things, easily giving up, slacking off, or letting fear overtake you. Be dignified! Stand tall with pride! This was the spirit of Goethe."

SGI Newsletter No. 8723, SGI President Ikeda's Speech Excerpts, excerpts are from SGI Newsletter Nos. 7911 and 7914, reissued 19th Feb. 2013

[1] The young man whom Goethe visited was Friedrich V. L. Plessing (1749–1806), who later became a well-known scholar.
[2] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "The Godlike," in Selected Poems, edited by Christopher Middleton and translated by Michael Hamburger, et al., Goethe's Collected Works (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1983), vol. 1, p. 79.

* 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--
LEADER WA KOE DE KIMARU.
ATATAKAKU KAKUSHIN O MOTTE
TOMO NI ANSHIN TO HAGEMASHI O!
SONO SHINKEN NA DORYOKU GA
MIZUKARA NO JINKAKU O MIGAKU NO DA.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NICHIREN OBA NIHONKOKU NO KAMI ICHININ YORI SHIMO BANMIN NI ITARU
MADE HITORI MO NAKU AYAMATAN TO SE SHIKADOMO IMAMADE KOUTE SORO KOTO
WA ICHININ NAREDOMO KOKORO NO TSUYOKI YUE NARUBESHI TO OBOSU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1220)


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