[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 24th Sep. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 25th Sep. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, Sept 24th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"Strengthen your faith day by day
and month after month."*
Our faith is the powerhouse for propelling us forwards
to take on challenges and to improve and progress.
Let's break through any tendencies we have had to slacken
or to slide back into old habits.

*Gosho: "On Persecutions Befalling the Sage", WND-1, page 997.

Tuesday, Sept 24th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The 'great vow' refers to the propagation of the Lotus Sutra."

(The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 82) Selection
source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, August 6th, 2012
Selection source: President Ikeda's Essay - "Our Brilliant Path to
Victory" - 114, Seikyo Shimbun, September 13th, 2013

Wednesday, Sept 25th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin inscribed the Gohonzon and spread Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to enable people to overcome life's obstacles and achieve true happiness, and to help others do the same.

"The Daishonin called upon his disciples: 'Each of you should summon up the courage of a lion king and never succumb to threats from anyone. The lion king fears no other beast, nor do its cubs' (WND-1, 997).

"The lion is the king of the animal world. The lion king fears nothing, regardless of how strong its opponent may be. No matter what happens, it advances fearlessly.

"You each possess within you this unsurpassed courage of the lion king. Chanting daimoku enables you to tap this inner strength you possess.

"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo could be said to be the name of this invincible heart of the lion king. When your name is called, you naturally respond, don't you? In the same way, when you chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, you are actually calling forth the heart of the lion king. You are able to bring forth courage, wisdom, the strength to live, and compassion to care for others. Therefore, those who chant daimoku are able to make their lives shine their strongest and brightest."

SGI Newsletter No. 8833, Soar into the Skies of Hope!, from 1st April, 2013, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai monthly newspaper for the boys and girls division, translated 3rd Sep. 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--
[TSUKI, ZUKI NI
TSUYORI TAMAE]
SHINJIN WA CHOSEN TO
KOJO NO GENDORYOKU DA!
DASEI O UCHIYABURE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAIGAN TOWA HOKKE GUTSU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 736)


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