[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 16th March 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 17th March 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, March 16th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The great achievements of Soka have always
been achieved by our youth.
We have been victorious
due to our shared spirit
of oneness of mentor and disciple.
Now, let's start anew.
Now, let's advance.
Let's meet a new dawn full of hope
for a new history of achievements of the human race!

*March 16 - Kosen-furu Day
In 1958, more than 6,000 youth attended a ceremony at the head temple where President Josei Toda passed the responsibility for the spread of the Daishonin's Buddhism to all the youth division members. (The Human Revolution, Vol. 12, "Successors" chapter)

Saturday, March 16th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Human beings are equally vulnerable. They give their lives for shallow, worldly matters but rarely for the Buddha's precious teachings. Small wonder they do not attain Buddhahood."

(Letter from Sado - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. I, page 301) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, March 16th, 2013

Sunday, March 17th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Mr. Toda declared: 'The great endeavour of kosen-rufu is a struggle against devilish functions. We cannot afford to cower at their onslaughts. If we allow them to defeat us, humanity will be forever enveloped in darkness.' Kosen-rufu is a struggle against devilish functions. That's why we must triumph over them. Doing so leads to the creation of a beautiful realm of peace and happiness.

"There is no such thing as a struggle for kosen-rufu that is free of attack by devilish functions. The Daishonin expressly states: 'This world is the domain of the devil king of the sixth heaven' (WND-1, 495). . . .

"We battle devilish functions in order to become happy and attain Buddhahood. This struggle is the most powerful enabling force and shortest route to attaining a state of life shining with eternal benefit. . . .

"If justice and truth are vanquished, humanity will be shrouded in darkness. The only way to save our planet is to forge an ever-widening solidarity of those who champion good. And the foundation of those efforts is the philosophy of human revolution."

SGI Newsletter No. 8733, the above is an excerpt from SGI President Ikeda's speech at the 49th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held in conjunction with the 4th Tohoku General Meeting, on 18th May, 2005, originally from the SGI Newsletter No. 4045, reprinted on 12th March 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--
SOKA NO IDAINA REKISHI WA
"SEINEN" GA HIRAITA!
"SHITEI" DE KATTA!
SA SHUPPATSU DA. SA ZENSHIN DA.
JINRUISHI NO KIBO NO ASHITA E!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HITO MO MATA KAKU NO GOTOSHI SEKEN NO ASAKI KOTO NIWA SHINMYO O USHINAEDOMO DAIJI NO BUPPO NANDO NIWA SUTSURU KOTO KATASHI YUENI HOTOKE NI NARU HITO MO NAKARU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 956)


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