[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 19th Nov. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 20th Nov. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The voice of women brimming with conviction and compassion
is the source and power of a transformation in society.
Our deepest appreciation and gratitude
to the noble and sincere efforts
of our Womens' and Young Womens' Division members!

Tuesday, Nov 19th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Today there are people who have faith in the Lotus Sutra. The belief
of some is like fire while that of others is like water. When the
former listen to the teachings, their passion flares up like fire, but
as time goes on, they tend to discard their faith. To have faith like
water means to believe continuously without ever regressing."

The Two Kinds of Faith - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 899
Selection source: The Teachings of Buddhism, Seikyo Shimbun, November 10th, 2013

Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2013
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Many delight in seeing beautiful flowers in bloom, but few perhaps give thought to the roots sunk deep into the ground, providing support, stability, and nourishment to those flowers. The roots are vital for the flowers to flourish.

"The German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) sang of the pride of plants sending down solid roots, unseen beneath the earth:

"'I am anchored
deep in the ground;
hence my flowers,
so beautifully round.'[1]

"In life, too, the roots of perseverance—forged through bravely weathering the cold winters of adversity and staying determined to triumph—eventually produce glorious spring flowers of joy.

"Let us take pride in the fact that, year after year—through living our lives based on the Mystic Law and challenging all kinds of personal problems, such as economic hardship, difficulties at work, sickness, or nursing a family member—we are putting down roots that will bring us infinite good fortune and benefit."

SGI Newsletter No. 8869, Accumulating Good Fortune in Our Lives, from the December 2013 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 15th Nov. 2013

[1] Translated from German. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, "Im Vorübergehen" (In Passing By), in Goethe Gedichte: Sämtliche Gedichte in zeitlicher Folge (Goethe Poems: Collected Poems in Chronological Order), edited by Heinz Nicolai (Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, 1982), p. 671.


* 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--
SHINNEN TO JIAI NO
JOSEI NO KOE KOSO
SHAKAI O KAEYUKU CHIKARA DA.
FUJINBU, JOSHIBU NO
TOTOKI FUNTO NI SAIKEIREI!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SOMOSOMO IMA NO TOKI HOKEKYO O SHINZURU HITO ARI ARUIWA HI NO GOTOKU
SHINZURU HITOMO ARI ARUIWA MIZU NO GOTOKU SHINZURU HITO MO ARI CHOMON
SURU TOKI WA MOETATSUBAKARI OMOEDOMO TOZAKARINUREBA SUTSURU KOKORO ARI
MIZU NO GOTOKU TO MOSUWA ITSUMO TAISEZU SHINZURU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1544)


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