[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 23rd March 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 24th March 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The basics of SGI activities are:
to earnestly do gongyo and daimoku,
to strive to share this Buddhism with as many people as we can,
and to consistently make every effort to raise people into
capable and talented human beings.
Let's shine as living examples of what this faith and practice is all about!

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"In the light of the above points, this shows, my followers, that you had better cut short your sleep by night and curtail your leisure by day, and ponder this! You must not spend your lives in vain and regret it for ten thousand years to come."

(The Problem to Be Pondered Night and Day - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page ) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, March 23rd, 2013

Sunday, March 24th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In 'On Repaying Debts of Gratitude,' the Daishonin writes: 'If in this present existence I am so fearful for my life that I fail to speak out, then in what future existence will I ever attain Buddhahood? Or in what future existence will I ever be able to bring salvation to my parents and my teacher? With thoughts such as these uppermost in my mind, I decided that I must begin to speak out' (WND-1, 727). As SGI members striving for kosen-rufu today, we are carrying on the same selfless spirit demonstrated by the Daishonin from the time of his proclamation of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Engaging in the struggle for kosen-rufu may entail many hardships and our days may be hectic, but this is the path to attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime and the unsurpassed way to repay our debt of gratitude to our teachers or mentors in Buddhism and to bring true benefit to our parents."
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

* 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--
GAKKAI KATSUDO NO KIHON WA
"SHINKENNA GONGYO SHODAI"
"TAIWA KAKUDAI ENO CHOSEN"
"JIMICHINA JINZAI NO IKUSEI"
SHINJIN NO MOHAN TO KAGAYAKE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"WAGA MONKE WA YORU WA NEMURI O TACHI HIRU WA ITOMA O TODOMETE KORE O ANZEYO ISSHO MUNASHIKU SUGOSHITE BANSAI KUYURU KOTO NAKARE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 970)


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