[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 1st May, 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 2nd May, 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Come, now is the time for the great expansion of kosen rufu.
What creates history is for each one of us to have the stand-alone spirit.
It's to have the tenacity to carry through with all of our challenges, today.
Let's forge ahead purposefully with the power and momentum of a charging lion!*

* Gosho -Reply to Kyo'o - WND-1, pg 412, "The lion king is said to advance three steps, then gather himself to spring, unleashing the same power whether he traps a tiny ant or attacks a fierce animal. In inscribing this Gohonzon for her protection, Nichiren was like the lion king. This is what the sutra means by 'the power [of the Buddhas] that has the lion's ferocity.'"

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood. Do not have doubts simply because heaven does not lend you protection. Do not be discouraged because you do not enjoy an easy and secure existence in this life.) This is what I have taught my disciples morning and evening, and yet they begin to harbour doubts and abandon their faith. Foolish men are likely to forget the promises they have made when the crucial moment comes."

(The Opening of the Eyes- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 283) Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shinbun September 17th, 2012
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shinbun, May 1st, 2013

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Lotus Sutra describes the mission of a Bodhisattva of the Earth as follows:

"'As the light of the sun and moon
can banish all obscurity and gloom,
so this person as he advances through the world
can wipe out the darkness of living beings.' (LSOC21, 318)

"A deep darkness shrouds contemporary society. That is precisely why it is time for us, as practitioners of the Daishonin's Buddhism of the sun, to take action.

"I call on all of you, the lionhearted successors to our movement, to set forth! With confident prayer, courageous action, and voices dedicated to truth, please brilliantly illuminate all humanity!

"My disciples,
may you advance resolutely
along our shared path."

SGI Newsletter No. 8756, Our Brilliant Path to Victory, Eternal March 16th, from the March 20th, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated April 26th, 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--
SA KOFU NO KAKUDAI NO TOKI.
REKISHI O TSUKURU NO WA
HITORI TATASU YUKI DA.
KYO NO JIMICHI NA CHOSEN DA.
SHISHI FUNJIN NO IKIYOI DE SUSUME!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"WAGA DESHI NI CHOSEKI OSHIE SHIKADOMO UTAGAI O OKOSHITE MINA SUTEKEN TSUTANAKI MONO NO NARAI WA YAKUSOKU SESHI KOTO O MAKOTO NO TOKI WA WASURURU NARU BESHI."
(Gosho Zenshu, page 234)


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