[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 18th Oct. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 19th Oct. 2013

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

Friday, Oct 18th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's always try to stay attuned to the changing times and attitudes.
Taking action "as we've always done" is certain to lead to defeat.
Let's seize the initiative
by chanting earnestly about the targets we have set
and carefully considering how we intend to achieve them.

Friday, Oct 18th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"I am praying that, no matter how troubled the times may become, the Lotus Sutra and the ten demon daughters will protect all of you, praying as earnestly as though to produce fire from damp wood, or to obtain water from parched ground."

(On Rebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating Sins - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 444) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, October 18th, 2013

Saturday, Oct 19th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'This Gohonzon also is found only in the two characters for faith'[1] (WND-1, 832). Faith determines everything. Through bringing forth the great power of faith and practice, we can limitlessly tap the vast and immeasurable power of the Buddha and the Law embodied in the Gohonzon. As a result, we can defeat all devilish functions and resolutely protect our fellow members."

SGI Newsletter No. 8853, Humanistic Teachings for Victory, (13) Become Leaders of Deep Conviction, Start with Earnest Prayer, from 1st August, 2012, issue of the Soka Shimpo, the Soka Gakkai youth division's fortnightly newspaper, translated 9th Oct. 2013

[1] The Japanese word for faith consists of two Chinese characters.

* 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--
JIDAI NO HENKA NI
BINKAN NI HANNO SEYO.!
"AI KAWARAZU" WA HAIBOKU.
SHINKENNA UNORI TO SHISAKU DE
TSUNENI SENTE O UTE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"IKANARU YONO MIDARE NIMO ONO ONO OBA HOKEKYO JURASETSU TASUKE TAMAE TO SHIMERERU KI YORI HI O IDASHI KAWAKERU TSUCHI YORI MIZU O MOKEN GA GOTOKU GOJONI MOSU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1132)


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