[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 31st May, 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 1st June, 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Friday, May 31st, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is the selfless commitment of our pioneer members,
through all their sweat and tears,
that made today's Soka Gakkai and SGI's development happen.
Let's never ever forget that pioneering spirit
for cultivating and achieving kosen-rufu, no matter what!

Friday, May 31st, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other. 'All others who bear you enmity or malice will likewise be wiped out.'"

(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page1001) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, May 31st, 2013

Saturday, June 1st, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, taught me over and over again the importance of warmly greeting others. In addition to various scholarly subjects, he also instructed me in basic manners and courtesy, including how to greet others.

"The way we greet others shows what is in our heart. It conveys our goodwill.

"The lessons I learned from President Toda about greeting people from the heart helped me a lot when it came to making friends with world leaders. All of the truly great people I have met had a wonderful way of greeting others.

"Whether I am meeting with the president of a country or a small child, my intention is to greet everyone with utmost sincerity. That's because I respect each person's precious life.

"Nichiren Daishonin says that Shakyamuni Buddha appeared in the world to set an example of how human beings should behave (cf. WND-1, 852).

"The way we greet others, therefore, is also very important. I think that those who can greet others in a cheerful, friendly way at all times are truly admirable."

SGI Newsletter No. 8769, Soar into the Skies of Hope! [9] Greeting Others and Expressing Thanks, from the 1st Jan., 2013, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai monthly newspaper for the boys and girls division translated 28th, May, 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--
SOSONO DOSHI NO
ASETO NAMIDANO FUNTO ARITE
SOKA GAKKAI WA DAIHATTEN!
KOFU KAITAKU NO TAMASHII O
EIENNI WASURERUNA!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NANINO HEIHO YORIMO HOKEKYO NO HEIHO O MOCHII TAMAUBESHI SHOYO ONTEKI KAISHITSU SAIMETSU NO KINGEN MUNASHIKARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1192)


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