[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 6th Sep. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 7th Sep. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Friday, Sept 6th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's cherish each and every person.
Let's try to have an 'antenna' in our hearts
that can keenly sense people's cries for help,
looking around us to see if someone might be facing a problem
or who might be in the midst of some form of struggle.
Let's reach out to those who might be stuck in such difficult situations
and always try to offer them warm words of encouragement.

Friday, Sept 6th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore, those who become Nichiren's disciples and lay believers should realise the profound karmic relationship they share with him and spread the Lotus Sutra as he does. Being known as a votary of the Lotus Sutra is a bitter, yet unavoidable, destiny."

(Letter to Jakunichi-bo - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 994)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, September 6th, 2013

Saturday, Sept 7th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Simply having the desire to try something new is itself a wonderful thing.

"Taking on a new challenge and striving to improve yourself doesn't mean you have to do anything extraordinary. If you get all wrapped up in pursuing some fantastic dream but lose sight of who you are, then it would be such a waste.

"To achieve tremendous growth, it's crucial to have a firm foundation. Steady, consistent efforts are essential. It is also important to have the courage and perseverance to keep challenging yourself, making a start with something that is doable and progressing a little bit at a time."

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--
TESSHITE HITORI O TAISETSU NI!
NANIKA NAYAMI WA NAIKA.
YUKIZUMATTE INAI KA.
KOKORO NO "antenna" O TSUYOKU HARI
ATATAKANA GEKIREI NO KOTOBA O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KAKARU MONO NO DESHI DANNA TO NARAN HITOBITO WA SHUKUEN FUKASHI TO OMOUTE NICHIREN TO ONAJIKU HOKEKYO O HIROMU BEKI NARI HOKEKYO NO GYOJA TO IWARENURU KOTO WA FUSHO NARI MANUKARE GATAKI MINARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 903)


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