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

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

Sunday, Oct 6th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
As "leaders,"
let's always listen carefully and patiently
to what our fellow members have to say about their problems
and then let's do all we can to inspire them with warm and caring encouragement.
The bond between one human being and another
is the very lifeline of the SGI.

Sunday, Oct 6th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"... because one has heard the Lotus Sutra, which leads to
Buddhahood, with this as the seed, one will invariably become a Buddha."

(How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 882) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance, Seikyo Shimbun, Oct 6th, 2013

Monday, Oct 7th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The struggle for kosen-rufu entails an unrelenting battle between the Buddha and devilish functions. We cannot expect to win with halfhearted efforts. To win, we must remain steadfast in our convictions, bring forth wisdom, and exert ourselves to the utmost. To win, we must build an unshakable self."

SGI Newsletter No. 8825, On Our Shared Journey for Kosen-rufu—II (14) "The Wise Will Rejoice While the Foolish Will Retreat", from 7th April, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 15th 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
TOMO NO NAYAMI NI MIMI O KATAMUKE
ATATAKANA HAGEMASHI O!
ITTAI ICHI NO NINGEN NO KIZUNA KOSO
GAKKAI NO SEIMEISEN DA!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOTOKE NI NARU HOKEKYO O MIMINI FURENUREBA KORE O TANE TO SHITE KANARAZU HOTOKE NI NARUNARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 552)



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