[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 31st Aug. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 1st Sep. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, August 31st, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The initiative that a leader takes at the forefront of our activities
is the key to the development of kosen-rufu.
Through chanting with profound determination
and by taking courageous action,
let's be capable of guiding everyone with the type of leadership
that really inspires others to challenge themselves.

Saturday, August 31st, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore, when once we chant Myoho-renge-kyo, with just that single sound we summon forth and manifest the Buddha nature of all Buddhas; all existences; all bodhisattvas; all voice-hearers; all the deities such as Brahma, Shakra, and King Yama; the sun and moon, and the myriad stars; the heavenly gods and earthly deities, on down to hell-dwellers, hungry spirits, animals, asuras, human and heavenly beings, and all other living beings. This blessing is immeasurable and boundless."

(How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 887)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 31st, 2013

Sunday, September 1st, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Members do their best to arrive at meetings on time. But sometimes they may be busy with work or with other commitments, and end up arriving late. Leaders must take the situations of such members into account and not chide or berate them. Rather, they should praise and acknowledge the sincere efforts and faith of these members who, though running late, still come to the meeting."

SGI Newsletter No. 8829, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 2, Banner of the Law 55, translated 22nd Aug., 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--
"Leader" SOSSEN KOSO
KOFU KAITAKU NO YOTEI DA.
"FUKAKI INORI" TO
"YUKI" NO KODO DE
MINA GA FURUITATSU MEISHIKI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ICHIDO MYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAUREBA ISSAI NO HOTOKE ISSAI NO HO ISSAI NO BOSATSU ... ISSAI SHUJO NO SHINCHU NO BUSSHO O TADA ITOKOE NI YOBI ARAWASHI TATEMATSURU KUDOKU MURYO MUHEN NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 557)


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