[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 27th June, 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 28th June, 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, June 27th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To my noble friends from Shinetsu,*
the invincible castle of capable people!
Let's drive through every adversity that confronts us,
giving everything our very best,
and then, emerging victorious,
let's sing the song of the invincible spirit of mentor and disciple!
The time for us to stand up is now!

* The region along the Japan Sea, west of Tokyo.

Thursday, June 27th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."

(On Prayer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 345)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, June 27th, 2013

Friday, June 28th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"When one lacks faith in the Mystic Law, one may only be able to see things from a relative perspective, based on the ways of the world. In society, all too often those with high status, wealth, or power look down on others. It is also true, conversely, that people often envy or resent those who have a higher social status, or more money and power than they. Without deep conviction in the teachings of Buddhism, the same thing can happen within the Soka Gakkai."

SGI Newsletter No. 8788, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 2, Banner of the Law 32, translated 25th June, 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--
[NANKO FURAKU NO JINZAIJO]
SHINETSU NO TOTOKI DOSHI YO!
AKUSEN KUTO O TSUKINUKETE
FUMETSU NO SHITEI NO GAIKA O!
TATSU TOKI WA IMA DA!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONOWA ARITOMO SHIONO MICHIHINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHIYORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJANO INORINO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARUBEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1351)


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