[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 5th June, 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 6th June, 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The pace of our Soka movement constantly doubles
thanks to the enthusiastic support and efforts
of all our friends who are in supporting roles.
Each one of us is a person with an irreplaceable, unique and noble mission.
Let's put all of our collective efforts
into toppling those walls that hinder us!

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Whatever trouble occurs, regard it as no more than a dream, and think
only of the Lotus Sutra."

(Letter to the Brothers - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 502)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, June 5th, 2013

Thursday, June 6th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Before initiating his nonviolent struggle, Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), the great champion of nonviolence, declared: 'So long as there is even a handful of [people] true to their pledge, there can be only one end to the struggle—and that is victory.'[1]

"A pledge or vow only has meaning if it is fulfilled. And the vow for kosen-rufu, in particular, means that we must keep striving until final victory is achieved.

"I hope all our leaders will demonstrate such strong resolve and tenacity."

SGI Newsletter No. 8775, Our Brilliant Path to Victory, May—The Month of the Vow of Mentor and Disciple, from 6th May, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 3rd June, 2013

[1] Louis Fischer, The Life of Mahatma Gandhi (New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1983),
p. 75.

* 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--
FUKU YAKUSHOKU NO TOMO NO
IKIIKI SHITA KATSUYAKU DE
SOKA NO IKIYOI WA BAIKA!
ZENIN GA TOTOKI SHIMEI NO HITO DA.
SOGORYOKU DE KABE O YABURE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TATOI IKANARU WAZURAWASHIKI KOTO ARITOMO YUME NI NASHITE TADA HOKEKYO
NO KOTONOMI SAWAGURASE TAMAUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1088)


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