[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 6th May, 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 7th May, 2013 Daily Enc.

* Japanese National Press Holiday tomorrow so we are holding on to
"Words of the Week" to cover the gap! Hope that is OK!

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

Monday, May 6th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The more action we take,
the farther and wider the force for justice and truth expands
and, at the same time,
the more radiantly our good fortune and benefits shine.
My deep appreciation, from the bottom of my heart,
to you all, our precious SGI members,
for your selfless dedication towards achieving kosen-rufu!

Monday, May 6th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The human heart is like water that assumes the shape of whatever vessel it occupies, and the nature of beings is like the reflection of the moon undulating on the waves. Now you insist that you will be firm in this faith, but another day you are bound to waver. Though devils and demons may come to tempt you, you must not allow yourself to be distracted."

(Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 134) Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, May 6th, 2013

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, once described the secret to teaching others about our Buddhist practice as follows: 'In the Latter Day of the Law, introducing others to the Daishonin's Buddhism starts with deciding "At essence, my life is nothing other than Nam-myoho-renge-kyo!'"

"We ourselves are entities of the Mystic Law. As such, we have nothing to fear. We cannot fail to become happy. When we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo based on that conviction, we can experience the 'greatest of all joys' (OTT, 212).

"When we share with others the joy and conviction that we gain through exerting ourselves in the 'two ways of practise and study' (WND-1, 386), support and understanding for our movement from those around us are certain to grow."

SGI Newsletter No. 8753, Our Brilliant Path to Victory, Advance towards a Spring of Hope—Part 1 [of 2], from the February 26th, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated April 22nd, 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--
KODO SHITA BUNDAKE
SEIGI WA KAKUDAI!
KUDOKU WA SANZEN!
TOTOKI DOSHI NO KENSHIN NI
KOKOROKARA KANSHA!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HITONO KOKOROWA MIZUNO UTSUWANI SHITAGAUGA GOTOKU MONONO SHOWA TSUKINO NAMINI UGOKUNI NITARI YUENI NANJI TOZAWA SHINZUTO IUTOMO GOJITSUWA KANARAZU HIRUGAESAN MA KITARI KI KITARUTOMO SORAN SURUKOTO NAKARE "
(Gosho Zenshu, page 500)


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