[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 15th Sep. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 16th Sep. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Sunday, Sept 15th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our young people,
don't be afraid of making mistakes.
Burning with the "never-give-up" spirit,
challenge yourself to create value
boldly and dynamically!

Sunday, Sept 15th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Myo means to revive, that is, to return to life."

(The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 149) Selection Source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance, Seikyo Shimbun, September 15th, 2013

Monday, Sept 16th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"When caring for those we have introduced to Nichiren Buddhism and making earnest efforts to foster them into capable people, there may also be times when things don't go the way we expect.

"There are cases when we do everything we can and try our hardest, but the person still decides to stop practising. However, that is not the fault of the person who introduced the individual to the practice.

"For example, say that someone built a bridge that leads to happiness and tells a friend to cross it. The friend then starts to make their way across, only to turn back halfway. It's the friend's choice not to try and cross the bridge. It's their decision.

"As such, you have no need to feel discouraged by such an outcome. The fact that you have striven hard to introduce somebody to Nichiren Buddhism out of a wish to fulfill your mission as an emissary of the Buddha will be eternally engraved in your life and bring limitless benefit to bloom. You have without doubt opened the way to your own happiness. Please be deeply confident of that and press on in your efforts to share the Daishonin's Buddhism with a fresh outlook and optimism."

SGI Newsletter No. 8834, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 2, Banner of the Law 56, translated 3rd. Sep. 2013

* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address athttp://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html

--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
SEINEN YO
SHIPPAI O OSORERUNA!
MAKEJI DAMASHII O MOYASHI
TSUYOKI NI DAITAN NI
KACHI SOZO NO CHOSEN O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI NARI SOSEI TO MOSUWA YOMIGAERU GI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 947)


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