[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 21st March 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 22nd March 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, March 21st, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
We, the members of the Soka family
are eternal comrades who share the profound bonds of the Mystic Law
across the three existences.*
Come, let's advance towards our great goal of kosen-rufu
firmly united in heart!

* Three existences: http://www.sgi-usa.org/memberresources/resources/buddhist_concepts/bc24_three_existences.php

Thursday, March 21st, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Even a feeble person will not stumble if those supporting him are strong, but a person of considerable strength, when alone, may fall down on an uneven path."
(Three Tripitaka Masters Pray for Rain - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 598)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, March 21st, 2013

Friday, March 22nd, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The American futurist Hazel Henderson, a dear friend, observed with a smile that the way to blaze a trail is simply to take one courageous step forwards, and then follow it with another and another.[1]"

SGI Newsletter No. 8735, SGI President Ikeda's Editorial, Spreading Joy from One Person to Another, from the April 2013 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 18th March 2013

[1] Translated from Japanese. Interview article in Seikyo Shimbun, February 26, 2012.

* 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--
WARERA SOKA KAZOKU WA
MYOHO NO KIZUNA DE MUSUBARETA
SANZE EIEN NO DOSHI NARI.
KOSEN RUFU NO DAI RISO E
SA KOKORO HITOTSU NI ZENSHIN!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KAINAKI MONO NAREDOMO TASUKURU MONO TSUYOKEREBA TAUREZU SUKOSHI KENAGE NO MONO MO HITORI NAREBA ASHIKI MICHI NIA TAURENU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1468)


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