[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 21st Nov. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 22nd Nov. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, Nov 21st, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Especially when we are really busy,
let's not forget those warm acts of consideration
for the people in our immediate environment!
Just a few heartfelt caring words can go a long way
in giving birth to precious bonds of trust.

Thursday, Nov 21st, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the
fruit of Buddhahood, but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both
will fall into hell. If teacher and disciple are of different minds,
they will never accomplish anything."

(Flowering and Bearing Grain - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol.1, page 909)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, November 21st, 2013

Friday, Nov 22nd, 2013
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"All too many people's hearts are racked by anxiety and fear in these uncertain times in which we live. How inspiring, then, are our members, who confidently share the Buddhist teaching of cause and effect with others, and demonstrate it in their own lives, giving proof to the Daishonin's words: 'Human beings [will] never fail to prosper when they make good causes' "(WND-1, 1013).

"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, once said: 'Even the most painful situation will be resolved in the end. Calmly keep challenging yourself! Our practice of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism gives us the power to create endless possibilities from the present on into the future.'

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--
ISOGASHI TOKI KOSO
SHUI E NO KOMAYAKANA
KIKUBARI O WASURERU NA!
MAGOKORO NO HITO KOTO KARA
SHINRAI NO KIZUNA WA UMARERU.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOKI DESHI O MOTSU TOKINBA SHITEI BUKKA NI ITARI ASHIKI DESHI O
TAKUWAINUREBA SHITEI JIGOKU NI OTSU TO IERI SHITEI SOI SEBA NANIGOTO
MO NASU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 900)


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