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

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

Thursday, Sept 5th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
As leaders let's encourage our fellow members
by making a point of reading the Gosho ourselves
and incorporating the passages we read in our words of encouragement!
Let's light a flame of conviction and courage in their hearts,
so much so, that they have the confidence
to definitely overcome and change their karma.

Thursday, Sept 5th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night.
How should you polish it? Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo."

(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime - The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 4)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, September 5th, 2013

Friday, Sept 6th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin states: 'There is definitely something extraordinary in... the way in which summer, autumn, winter, and spring give way to each other. Something uncommon also occurs when an ordinary person attains Buddhahood' (WND-1, 637).

"In Japan, when winter gives way to spring, there is often a strong warm wind coming from the south that marks the change of season. Although the strong winds can be unpleasant, they are actually happy tidings that spring will soon arrive.

"The same is true in our lives. Anxiety, suffering, and problems are all signs of personal growth. As the expression goes, 'No pain, no gain.'

"Don't let the winds of anxiety hold you back. Press ahead steadily, one step at a time. There's no need to rush or compare yourself to others. Just confidently follow your own unique path, in your own unique way."

SGI Newsletter No. 8831, Dialogue for the Future: Traveling the Path of Victory Together with You, [12] Challenge Yourselves and Grow, from the 1st April, 2013, issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translated 30th 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" WA
GOSHO O HASHITE HAGEMASHI O!
[KANARAZU SHUKUMEI TENKAN DEKIRU]
SONO KAKUSHIN TO YUKI NO HONO O
WAGA DOSHI NO KOKORO NI!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"FUKAKU SHINJIN O OKOSHITE NICHIYA CHOBO NI MATA OKOTARAZU MIGAKU
BESHI IKAYONI SHITEKA MIGAKU BEKI TADA NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO TONAE
TATEMATSURU O KOREO MIGAKU TOWA IUNARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 384)


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