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

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

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Bold action gives rise to great momentum!
Let's ourselves be the first to take such action!
Proactively taking the initiative
is the very heart and spirit of Nichiren Buddhism.

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"That is why the Great Teacher Miaolo stated, 'The stronger one's faith, the greater the protection of the gods.' So long as one maintains firm faith, one is certain to receive the great protection of the gods."

(The Supremacy of the Law - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 614) Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, March 20th, 2013

Thursday, March 21st, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Through 'devoting one's life' (Jp. kimyo) to the Mystic Law, we become part of the life of the Buddha of the universe; our lives begin to shine as entities of the Mystic Law. Nichiren Daishonin teaches us this wonderful secret. The important thing, therefore, is that we centre our lives on the Law. If we make ourselves the centre, we will advance in the opposite direction from that of attaining Buddhahood.

"May you lead joyous lives! If your life is joyless, make it joyous! If you have no hope, create some! For the mind is free and untrammeled; it is filled with limitless possibilities. This is all the more true of you who embrace the Mystic Law, the Great Law of Freedom."

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. 4051, 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--
TAITAN NI UGOKEBA
IKIOI GA DERU!
MAZU JIBUN KARA!
SOSSEN NO KODO KOSO
NICHIREN BUPPO NO TAMASHI DA.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MYORAKU DAISHI NOTAMAWAKU 'KANARAZU KOKORO NO KATAKI NI YORITE KAMI NO MAMORI SUNAWACHI TSUYOSHI' TO UNNUN HITO NO KOKORO KATAKEREBA KAMI NO MAMORI KANARAZU TSUYOSHI TO KOSO SORAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1220)


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