[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 26th April 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 27th April 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Friday, April 26th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Three cheers for our young Mrs group members!
You are the sun of hope for the SGI.
Please rest assured that all the struggles
you are going through now are the driving force
for victory and success.
You are at this very moment laying the foundations
for the certain happiness of your family!

Friday, April 26th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."

(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 681)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shinbun, April 26th, 2013

Saturday, April 27th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin clearly states: 'I have believed it is most important to understand one's obligations to others, and made it my first duty to repay such debts of kindness' (WND-1, 122). This feeling of gratitude is an essential part of being human, as well as central to the teachings of Buddhism. . . .

"In a famous piece of guidance, Mr. Toda said: 'Looking at the world today, there are very few people with a proper sense of appreciation and gratitude. Ingratitude is the root of society's troubles.' A family is in trouble when the children forget to be grateful and appreciative of their parents. . . .

"Of the different kinds of gratitude that exist, Buddhism teaches that the most important is gratitude to one's teacher—in other words, to the person who teaches us the principles of Buddhism and the correct path in life. . . .

"What is the key to repaying one's debt of gratitude to one's teacher or mentor? . . . The way to do so is to strive for kosen-rufu with the spirit of 'not begrudging one's life.'"

SGI Newsletter No. 8754, excerpts from the 17th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting held in Tokyo, on April 23rd, 2008. These excerpts were shown during the 65th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting in Tokyo, on April 13th, 2013. The excerpted text appeared in the April 24, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, published 24th 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--
SOKA NO KIBO NO TAIYO
"young Mrs." BANZAI!
ANATA NO FUNTO KOSO
ISSAI NO SHORI NO GENDORYOKU DA.
IKKA NO KOFUKU NO DODAI DA.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KU OBA KUTO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKUTO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOIAWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHITONAE ESASETAMAE KORE ANI JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJONO SHINRIKI O ITASHITAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)


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