[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 5th April 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 6th April 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Friday, April 5th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
As leaders, let's really lend a sympathetic ear and
deeply engage in listening to our friends' sufferings and problems.
Sincerely and intently listening to people from the heart
is the very best form of encouragement!
Having empathy for others' troubles is the most fundamental spirit.

Friday, April 5th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When you shake your head, your hair sways; when your mind begins to work, your body moves. When a strong wind blows, the grass and trees can no longer remain still; when the earth shakes, the seas are atremble. Thus if one can move Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, can the grass and trees fail to respond, can the waters remain calm?"

(Concerning the Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Fashioned by Nichigen-nyo - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 811)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, April 5th, 2013

Saturday, April 6th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"First and second Soka Gakkai presidents Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda defended the correct teaching of Buddhism and remained true to their beliefs until the last moment of their lives. Burning with a passionate commitment, they gave all of their beings to working tirelessly to help people realize happiness. The crucial thing is to carry on the struggle for kosen-rufu to the very end and fulfill one's mission in this lifetime."

SGI Newsletter No. 8742, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 2, Banner of the Law 11, 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--
"LEADER" WA TOMO NO NAYAMI NI
TESSHITE MIMI O KATAMUKEYO!
SHINKEN NI [KIKU] KOTO GA
SAIDAI NO HAGEMASHI TO NARU.
KONPON WAS DOKU NO SEISHIN DA.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KOBE O FUREBA KAMI YURUGU KOKORO HATARAKEBA MI UGOKU OKAZE FUKEBA SOMOKU SHIZUKA NARAZU DAICHI UGOKEBA TAIKAI SAWAGASHI KYOSHU SHAKUSON O UGOKASHI TATEMATSUREBA YURUGANU SOMOKU YA ARUBEKI SAWAGANU MIZU YA ARU BEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1187)


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