[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 29th Oct. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho plus 30th Oct. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, Oct 29th, 2013
— TO MY FRIENDS --
Kosen-rufu means to spread waves of encouragement around us.
Let's be a positive and encouraging presence in our friends' lives
through genuine and heartfelt caring words
and our sincere wish and chanting for their happiness!

Tuesday, Oct 29th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The great distances these persons travelled are indicative of their devotion."
(Letter to the Mother of Oto - Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume
2, page 1030)
Selection source: President Ikeda's Essay "Our Brilliant Path to
Victory", October 19th, 2013.

Wednesday, Oct 30th, 2013
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
' The Lotus Sutra . . . is known as a sutra that was preached in accordance with the Buddha's own mind. Because the Buddha's mind is an excellent mind, persons who read this sutra, even though they may not understand its meaning, will gain inestimable benefit.'

- From "The Bodies and Minds of Ordinary Beings" (WND-1, 1128).

The Lotus Sutra directly reveals the Buddha's great vow to lead all people to enlightenment as well as his unshakable conviction in their potential to do so.

Teaching in accord with the Buddha's own mind, elucidating the greatness of the Mystic Law just as it is, is the essence of the Lotus Sutra. It is also the Soka Gakkai spirit. Our sincere wish for others' happiness will not fail to be communicated to them.

The times are in urgent need of a philosophy of hope, a philosophy of respect for life. Let us, therefore, share the Mystic Law with even greater confidence, pride, and joy!

SGI Newsletter No. 8858, Living the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda (2), (13) Forging Ahead with the Great Vow and Conviction of Kosen-rufu, from the October 11th, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shinbun, translated 21st Oct. 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--
KOSEN RUFU TO WA
HAGEMASHI O HIROGERU KOTO DA.
[SHIAWASE NI NATTE HOSHI!]
KOKORO NO SOKO KARA NO KOTOBA DE
TOMO NO KOKORO O YURI UGOKASE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MICHI NO TOKI NI KOKOROZASHI NO ARAWARURUNIYA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1223)


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