[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 27th April 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 28th April 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, April 27th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's always cherish our old friends and
at the same time let's also try to foster new friendships!
The more wholeheartedly we try to help others
to form a connection with Buddhism,
the more we can polish our own lives.

Saturday, April 27th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Even an individual at cross purposes with himself is certain to end in failure. Yet a hundred or even a thousand people can definitely attain their goal, if they are of one mind."

(Many in Body, One in Mind - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 618)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shinbun, April 27th, 2013

Sunday, April 28th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Those who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo are themselves the treasure tower, and, likewise, are themselves the Thus Come One Many Treasures' (WND-1, 299).

"None of us can escape who we are. We always stay ourselves. Through chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, however, we can polish our lives, causing them to shine as treasure towers of unsurpassed magnificence and brim with the infinitely noble 'power of the Buddha.'

"The only way to successfully navigate life's treacherous paths is to forge a strong self that won't be defeated by any hardship and to cultivate an expansive state of life. That is the purpose of faith directed toward realising our human revolution and transforming our negative karma. Stopgap measures won't suffice; we must start with earnest prayer, bring forth courage and wisdom, and then make honest and sincere efforts."

SGI Newsletter No. 8753, Our Brilliant Path to Victory, Advance towards a Spring of Hope—Part 1 [of 2], from the February 26th, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated April 22nd, 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--
FURUI YUJIN O TAISETSU NI!
ARATANA YUJO O MUSUBE!
MAGOKORO O TSUKUSHI
BUTSUEN O HIROGETA BUNDAKE
WAGA SEIMEI WA MIGAKARERU.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HITORI NO KOKORO NAREDOMO FUTATSU NO KOKORO AREBA SONO KOKORO TAGAITE JOZURU KOTO NASHI HYAKUNIN SENNIN NAREDOMO HITOTSU KOKORO NAREBA KANARAZU KOTO O JOZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1463)



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