[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 2nd Feb. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 3rd Feb. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, February 2nd, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
What hope they are for our "Youthful SGI!"
The members of the Soka, Gajokai
and Byakuren Groups* are doing great work
in introducing many people to the practice of this Buddhism.
Let every one of us always remember to give
these gallant dauntless challengers our warm encouragement.

*These groups comprising of Young Men and Women's Division members play a vital role in protecting our SGI centres and guiding and supporting members at meetings and activities.

Saturday, February 2nd, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Regard your service to your lord as the practice of the Lotus Sutra. This is what is meant by 'No worldly affairs of life or work are ever contrary to the true reality."

(Reply to a Believer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 905) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, February 2nd, 2013

Sunday, February 3rd, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'Hell Is the Land of Tranquil Light': 'When he was alive, he was a Buddha in life, and now he is a Buddha in death. He is a Buddha in both life and death. This is what is meant by that most important doctrine called attaining Buddhahood in one's present form. The fourth volume of the Lotus Sutra states, "If one can uphold this [sutra], one will be upholding the Buddha's body" [LSOC11, 220]' (WND-1, 456).

"This passage is from a letter that Nichiren Daishonin wrote to the lay nun Ueno, the mother of Nanjo Tokimitsu, known as 'Ueno the Worthy,' and the wife of Nanjo Hyoe Shichiro. After her husband died, the lay nun Ueno splendidly raised their nine children and remained pure-hearted in her faith.

"Here, the Daishonin says that when her husband, Nanjo Hyoe Shichiro, was alive, he was a 'Buddha in life,' and now, after his death, he is a 'Buddha in death.' He was a Buddha in both life and death, the Daishonin writes.

"Why? Because all of us, who have appeared in this world to carry out kosen-rufu, are the true disciples of Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law, and courageous Bodhisattvas of the Earth. The fact that we have made the same great vow as the Daishonin to propagate the Lotus Sutra and are striving for kosen-rufu for the happiness of others is proof that we ourselves are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the Earth. That is because only Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas of the Earth can carry out the sacred work of kosen-rufu.

"To find utmost enjoyment in Soka Gakkai activities, in sharing this Buddhism with others, and in chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo; to brim with enthusiasm for taking on new challenges, and to feel that life itself is joy—this is the life-state of Buddhahood, of being a 'Buddha in life.'"

SGI Newsletter No. 8707, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 1, Atsuta 42, translated 21st 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--
SEINEN GAKKAI NO KIBO!
SOKAHAN, GAJOKAI
BYAKUREN "group" NO TOMO GA GUKYO O KAKUDAI.
YUKAN NARU CHOSENSHA NI
MINA GA ATATAKANA HAGEMASHI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ONMIYAZUKAI O HOKEKYO TO OBOSHIMESE 'ISSAI SEKEN NO CHISEI SANGYO WA MINA JISSO TO AI IHAI SEZU' TOWA KORE NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1295)


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