[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 3rd April 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 4th April 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's start each and every day
with the strong determined prayer to achieve kosen-rufu.
By doing a powerful gongyo and chanting daimoku
with the rhythmical beat of a galloping white horse,*
let's cause the great life force of the universe
to gush forth from the very depths of our lives!

* "In addition, a person's attitude in doing gongyo reveals itself in how that person lives. A person whose gongyo is weak will lack vital energy and will lapse inevitably into a feeble way of living. If you do gongyo only as if it were a chore or out of a sense of obligation, it will be hard for you to feel joy in your faith. Therefore, let's encourage one another to do a refreshing and rhythmical gongyo, like a mythical white flying horse galloping through the sky. Together let's aim to do a superb, powerful gongyo each day, one that will move the entire universe and is infused with our earnest prayers."
(Human Revolution, Volume 12, "Declaration" chapter)

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Those who call themselves my disciples and practice the Lotus Sutra should all practice as I do. If they do, Shakyamuni, Many Treasures, Shakyamuni's emanations throughout the ten directions, and the ten demon daughters will protect them."
(On Establishing the Four Bodhisattvas as the Object of Devotion - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 978)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, April 3rd, 2013

Thursday, April 4th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Troubles and upsets are part and parcel of life. We may fall ill or find ourselves deadlocked at work. There may be times when we struggle with relationships in our workplace, our communities, or at home. In a sense, to live is a constant challenge, and life is the arena of our struggles."

SGI Newsletter No. 8742, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 2, Banner of the Law 10, translated 2nd 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--
ICHINICHI NO "START" WA
SEIGAN NO INORI KARA.
HAKUBA GA KAKERU YO NA
RORO TARU GONGYO, SHODAI DE
DAISEIMEIRYOKU O WAKI IDASE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SOJITE NICHIREN GA DESHI TO ITTE HOKEKYO O SHUGYO SEN HITOBITO WA NICHIREN GA GOTOKU NI SHI SORAE SA DANIMO SORAWABA SHAKA TAHO JIPPO NO BUNSHIN JURASETSU MO ON MAMORI SORO BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 989)


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