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

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

Friday, February 8th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is important that meetings be cheerful and enjoyable.
Let's hold the type of gathering where
everyone can feel truly happy, inspired in their faith and will say,
"I'm so glad I came. Now, I'm ready to take on the challenges I face!"

Friday, February 8th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"In the eighth volume of The Annotations on 'Great Concentration and Insight' it says, 'The stronger one's faith, the greater the protection of the gods.' This means that the protection of the gods depends on the strength of one's faith."

(General Stone Tiger - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 953)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, February 8th, 2013

Saturday, February 9th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"When devilish functions are recognised for what they are, they lose their power. Mr. Toda said: 'No matter how great the obstacles you encounter, once you realise that they are devilish functions, you'll feel emboldened and be easily able to overcome them.'[1] The first step in vanquishing devilish functions is seeing them for what they are."

SGI Newsletter No. 8713, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory. [44] "The Workings of Brahma and Shakra," Fostering Youth of Genuine Commitment Who Can Change History, translated 7th Feb. 2013, from the September 2012 issue of the Daibyakurenge.

[1] Article in Daibyakurenge, February 1952 issue.

* 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--
KAIGO WA TANOSHIKU AKARUKU!
"SANKA SHITE YOKATTA"
"SA, GAMBARO" TO
MINA GA KOKORO KARA YOROKOBERU
SHINJIN NO SHOKUHATSU NO TSUDOI NI!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"GUKETSU DAI HACHI NI IWAKU 'KANARAZU KOKORO NO KATAKI NI YOTTE KAMI NO MAMORI SUNAWACHI TSUYOSHI' UNNUN, KAMI NO MAMORU TO MOSU MO HITO NO KOKORO TSUYOKI NI YORU TO MIETE SORO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1186)


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