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

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

Wednesday, Oct 30th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Life is here for us to be victorious in.
This faith is here in order for us to be victorious.
Since we are fortunate to have this life,
let's strive to make each and every day one of no regrets!
Let's adorn our life's journal with a splendid history
of challenges that we undertook.

Wednesday, Oct 30th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nevertheless, even though you chant and believe in Myoho-renge-kyo,
if you think the Law is outside yourself, you are embracing not the
Mystic Law but an inferior teaching."

(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime - The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 3)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, October 30th, 2013

Thursday, Oct 31st, 2013
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
With the Daishonin's writings
in our hearts,
we challenge
the steep slopes
of life.

With profound empathy, Nichiren Daishonin writes in a letter to a follower who had lost a beloved child:

'The Lotus Sutra is both the teaching of the Buddha and the embodiment of the Buddha wisdom. If one puts sincere faith in each character and brushstroke in it, then one will become a Buddha in one's present form. . . . Just as poison turns into medicine, so do ordinary individuals change into Buddhas. Accordingly we call it the wonderful Law [or Mystic Law].' (WND-1, 969)

The Daishonin's writings are a source of inspiration, giving people the strength to rise above the deepest sorrow and go on living with hope. They can guide all people in the direction of happiness and victory in life.

SGI Newsletter No. 8860, Our Brilliant Path to Victory, Be Champions in Studying Nichiren Daishonin's Writings, from 25th Sep. 25th, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun translated 29th 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--
KATSU TAME NO JINSEI DA.
KATSU TAME NO SHINJIN DA.
ONAJI IKIRU NARABA
ICHINICHI ICHINICHI O KUINAKU!
CHOSEN NO JIBUN SHI O TSUZURE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAE TAMOTSU TO IUTOMO MOSHI KOSHIN NO HOKANI HO
ARITO OMOWABA MATTAKU MYOHO NI ARAZU SOHO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 383)


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