[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 14th April 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 15th April 2013 Daily Enc.

* We have a Japanese press holiday tomorrow so we will hold on to "Words of the Week" to cover the gap. Hope you have a great week...

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

Sunday, April 14th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The purpose of our SGI movement is to realise world peace
where all people lead happy lives.
Let's, therefore, today again,
cheerfully strive to sow seeds of friendship
wherever we go!

Sunday, April 14th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Neither the pure land nor hell exists outside oneself; both lie only within one's own heart. Awakened to this, one is called a Buddha; deluded about it, one is called an ordinary person. The Lotus Sutra reveals this truth, and one who embraces the Lotus Sutra will realise that hell is itself the Land of Tranquil Light."

(Hell Is the Land of Tranquil Light - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 456) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's message, Seikyo Shimbun, April 14th, 2013

Monday, April 15th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Discussion meetings brim with the Buddhist philosophy for leading a winning life. They provide us with inspiration as we learn from the lives of others. They are schools of humanism firmly grounded in the people. I hope you will eagerly seek to learn from such gatherings. Nichiren Daishonin also encourages those with a strong seeking spirit in faith to gather together in one place and listen to the teachings of Buddhism (cf. WND-1, 206).

"Sharing our experiences and studying Buddhism together—this is the most correct path of Buddhist practice.

"Let's talk and share freely at discussion meetings."

SGI Newsletter No. 8747, Humanistic Teachings for Victory, (8) Discussion Meetings: The Driving Force for the Development of Kosen-rufu, Start from Discussion Meetings, from the 16th May, 2012, issue of the Soka Shimpo, the Soka Gakkai youth division's fortnightly newspaper, translated 11th April 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--
WARERA NO MOKUTEKI WA
JINRUI NO KOFUKU O KIZUKU
SEKAI HEIWA NO JITSUGEN DA.
KYOMO IKIIKITO
YUJO NO TANE O MAKO!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SORE JODO TO IUMO JIGOKU TO IUMO HOKANIWA SORAWAZU TADA WARERAGA MUNE NO AIDA NI ARI KORE O SATORU O HOTOKE TO IU KORENI MAYOU O BOMPU TO IU KORE O SATORU WA HOKEKYO NARI MOSHI SHIKARABA HOKEKYO O TAMOCHI TATEMATSURU MONOWA JIGOKU SOKU JOKKO TOSATORI SOROZO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1504)


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