[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 8th Oct. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 9th Oct. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, Oct 8th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Buddhism teaches us that faith manifests itself in society.
Chanting for our neighbourhood to flourish and prosper
and doing our utmost to make this happen
is advancing kosen-rufu.
May you be the pillar of hope for your community!

Tuesday, Oct 8th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"There is definitely something extraordinary in the ebb and flow of
the tide, the rising and setting of the moon, and the way in which
summer, autumn, winter, and spring give way to each other. Something
uncommon also occurs when an ordinary person attains Buddhahood."

(The Three Obstacles and Four Devils - The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Volume 1, page 637)

Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, October 5th, 2013

Wednesday, Oct 9th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, used to say: 'The Soka Gakkai organisation is more precious than my own life.'

"I, therefore, strove with the resolve: 'I will build the best possible organisation, for the sake of my mentor! I'll strengthen the local area I am responsible for!' I was determined to give my all to respond to Mr. Toda's expectations.

"To build a society where people from the grassroots could emerge to play a leading role, I created and left behind a record of ever-victorious achievement for our movement wherever I went.

"That is the path of a disciple. When you make such effort, and chant and take action for kosen-rufu in this way, you will attain great benefit. The number of capable people will also grow."

SGI Newsletter No. 8849, On Our Shared Journey for Kosen-rufu—II, (19) Keep Striving with Strength and Fortitude, from 13th May 13, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun translated 4th 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 --
BUPPO SOKU SHAKAI DA.
WAGA MACHI NO HANEI O INORI
HATTEN NI TSUKUSU NAKA NI
KOSEN RUFU NO ZENSHIN GA ARU.
CHIKI NO KIBO NO HASHIRA TARE!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SHIO NO HIRU TO MITSU TO TSUKI NO IZURU TO IRU TO NATSU TO AKI TO
FUYU TO HARU TONO SAKAI NIWA KANARAZU SOI SURU KOTO ARI BONPU NO
HOTOKE NI NARU MATA KAKUNO GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1091)


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