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

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

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
One of the first important steps to expanding our circle of friends
is a warm and refreshing greeting!
Let's act with the utmost of sincerity
so that we become trustworthy and reliable members of our local communities.
It is my hope that each one of us can play a leading role
in positively transforming our neighbourhoods!

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Strengthen your resolve more than ever. Ice is made of water, but it is colder than water. Blue dye comes from indigo, but when something is repeatedly dyed in it, the colour is better than that of the indigo plant. The Lotus Sutra remains the same, but if you repeatedly strengthen your resolve, your colour will be better than that of others, and you will receive more blessings than they do."

(The Supremacy of the Law - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 615)
Selection Source: President Ikeda's Essay - Our great path to victory, Seikyo Shinbun, March 30th, 2013

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"A well-known proverb from Madagascar states: 'Don't seek soft soil to dig in.' In other words, challenge yourself!"

SGI Newsletter No. 8750, 65th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, Laying the Solid Foundation for Victory, from the 14th April, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 17th 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--
YUKO KAKUDAI NO DAI IPPO WA
SUGASUGASHII AISATSU KARA!
DAI SEIJITSU NO FURUMAI DE
KINJO NI SHINRAI O HIROGEYO.
CHIIKI KAKUMEI NO SHUYAKU TARE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"IYOIYO GOJO NO ONKOKOROZASHI ARUBESHI KORI WA MIZUYORI IDETAREDOMO MIZU YORIMO SUSAMAJI AOKI KOTO WA AI YORI IDETAREDOMO KASANUREBA AIYORIMO IRO MASARU ONAJI HOKEKYO NITEWA OWASUREDOMO KOKOROZASHI O KASANUREBA TANIN YORIMO IRO MASARI RISHO MO ARUBEKINARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1221)



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