[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 8th May 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 9th May 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The way to help people develop true conviction and resolve
is by making the effort to have sincere one-to-one dialogue with them.
A true leader will always take the initiative to go and meet people!
Let's be sure to cherish and nurture each individual with utmost care.

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. And if you want to understand what results will be manifested in the future, look at the causes that exist in the present."

(The Opening of the Eyes - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 279)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shinbun, May 8th, 2013

Thursday, May 9th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"President Mandela wrote the following while in prison: 'Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.'[1]

"Our world remains in the throes of violent conflict, hunger, a vast disparity in wealth and poverty, human rights violations, environmental destruction and the perils of nuclear weapons, all of which threaten our very survival as a species.

"Yet, I believe that we will be able to see the light at the end of this long, horrific tunnel as long as we do not lose hope, just as President Mandela forged ahead step by step with indomitable resolve while confined in the deep darkness of his cell."

SGI Newsletter No. 8760, SGI President Ikeda's Acceptance Speech. On April 22nd, 2013, the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) conferred an honourary degree of Doctor of Social Science on SGI President Ikeda, founder of the Soka Schools, at the graduation ceremony of its College of Humanities, held in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Translated May 7th , 2013 from the April 25th, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun.

[1] Nelson Mandela, Conversations with Myself (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010),
pp. 175–76.

* 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--
SHIN NO NATTOKU TO KETSUI WA
ITTAI ICHI NO KATARAI KARA.
"LEADER" WA MIZUKARA
TOMO NO MOTO E ASHI O HAKOBE!
TESSHITE HITORI O TAISETSU NI!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KAKO NO IN O SHIRAN TO HOSSEBA SONO GENZAI NO KA O MIYO MIRAI NO KA O SHIRAN TO HOSSEBA SONO GENZAI NO IN O MIYO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 231)


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