[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 20th Nov. 2013 To my Friends and Daily Gosho + 21st Nov. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's make a point of sticking to the ending times of meetings
and other activities to plan things,
by having value creative discussions with focussed objectives.
Let's make our gatherings inspiring and encouraging
so people can go back home feeling:
"Yes, I'm going to try! I know I can do it!"

Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the
body, and the treasures of the heart are the most valuable of all.
From the time you read this letter on, strive to accumulate the
treasures of the heart!"

(The Three Kinds of Treasure - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol.1, page 851)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, November 20th, 2013

Thursday, Nov 21st, 2013
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In Buddhism, good actions or causes are likened to roots, and thus called 'roots of goodness,' which will produce good effects or reward.

"In praise of one of his female followers, the lay nun of Kubo, Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'When roots are deep, the leaves will not wither…. How deep are the roots of your faith!' (WND-2, 755). The lay nun, who had overcome the grief of losing her husband to illness, raised her young daughter on her own and withstood the harsh attacks that assailed the Daishonin's followers during the Atsuhara Persecution.

"In another letter, the Daishonin assures the lay nun of Kubo that because of all the good causes she has made, her deceased husband undoubtedly attained Buddhahood, while her daughter would surely enjoy a happy life and be admired as a worthy child of her parents in the future. He was also overjoyed to see that the lay nun's daughter was steadfastly following her on the path of faith (cf. WND-2, 816)."

SGI Newsletter No. 8869, Accumulating Good Fortune in Our Lives, from the December 2013 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 15th Nov. 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--
KAIGO YA UCHIAWASE WA
YOTEN O OSAE
JIKAN GENSHU DE KACHITEKI NI.
[YOSHI GANBARO!] TO
MINA GA FURUITATSU TSUDOI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KURA NO TAKARA YORIMO MINO TAKARA SUGURETARI MINO TAKARA YORI KOKORO
NO TAKARA DAIICHI NARI KONO ONFUMI O GORAN ARAN YORIWA KOKORO NO
TAKARA O TSUMASE TAMAUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1173)


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