[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 7th April 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 8th April 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Sunday, April 7th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The first debt of gratitude in Buddhism is
"the debt of gratitude to be paid to one's father and mother."*
Let's always have a bright smile.
Let's resolutely grow and improve ourselves.
Let's walk along the noble path of being good sons and daughters to our parents.

* Gosho, The Four Virtues and the Four Debts of Gratitude, WND-2, pg 636: "Next, the four debts of gratitude of Buddhism are (1) the debt of gratitude to be paid to one's father and mother; (2) the debt of gratitude to be paid to the ruler of the nation; (3) the debt of gratitude to be paid to all living beings; and (4) the debt of gratitude to be paid to the three treasures [The Buddha, the Law and the Order]."

Sunday, April 7th, 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 Road to Victory, Seikyo Shimbun, April 7th, 2013

Monday, April 8th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"A change in people's underlying attitude is essential to revitalising the organisation and promoting kosen-rufu in our communities. When people's hearts change and they arouse great courage, their voice, expression, behaviour, and spirit also change, and they can transform every aspect of their lives and environment. This is the principle of the oneness of life and its environment.

"The great poet Walt Whitman (1819–92) wrote: 'For so long as the spirit is not changed, any change of appearance is of no avail.'[1]"

SGI Newsletter No. 8742, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 2, Banner of the Law 11, translated 2nd April 2013

[1] Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas (New York: The Liberal Arts Press, 1949), p. 52.

* 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--
[BUKKYO NO SHION TOWA
ICHI NI WA FUBO NO ON]
ITSUMO EGAO DE!
TAKUMASHIKU SEICHO O!
OYA KOKO NO DAIDO O AYUME!

-- 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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