[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 30th March 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 31st March 2013 Daily Enc.

*Apologies for the delay today! Yahoo seems to have a had a go slow day for some reason. Anyhow hope you are having a great weekend!...

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

Saturday, March 30th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our friends who have finished their schooling and
are about to start a new life in the working world,
take on every challenge courageously and
show the utmost of sincerity in every action you take.
Make every effort to successfully gain the trust of the people around you.

Saturday, March 30th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other. 'All others
who bear you enmity or malice will likewise be wiped out.'"

(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol.1, page 1001) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun,
March 30th, 2013

Sunday, March 31st, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"I'd like to share with you the words of the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), a contemporary of Mr. Makiguchi: 'Life is in the right, always,'[1] and 'Everything that makes more of you than you have ever been, even in your best hours, is right.'[2] These words may be a little difficult to understand, but they contain a very profound message. The poet is urging us to push beyond our current best.

"The path of personal growth is the correct path through life.

"Even if things don't go exactly as you hope,... if you resolve to make your situation an opportunity for growth, you will be on the right track and ultimately achieve victory in life. As long as you have the spirit to keep on developing yourself, you will never be on the wrong track. For that reason, there is nothing to fear."

SGI Newsletter No. 8740.* Dialogue for the Future: Travelling the Path of Victory Together with You, [7] Proudly Walk the Path of Self-Improvement, from the Nov. 1st, 2012 issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translated March 28th, 2013

[1] Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet, translated by Stephen Mitchell (New York: Random House, 1984), p. 101.
[2] Ibid.

* 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--
SHAKAIJIN TO SHITE
ARATANA BUTAI NI TATSU TOMO YO
"YUKAN" NI IDOME!
"SEIJITSU" O TSURANUKE!
"SHINRAI" O KACHITORE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NANI NO HEIHO YORIMO HOKEKYO NO HEIHO O MOCHII TAMAUBESHI SHOYO
ONTEKI KAISHITSU SAIMETSU NO KINGEN MUNASHIKARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1192)


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