[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 25th Nov. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 25th Nov.-1st Dec. 2013 Words of The Week

Translations of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" and "Words of the Week"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Monday, November 25th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
What is the driving force towards achieving
kosen-rufu in our local community?
It is our district planning meetings.
For the sake of the prosperity and flourishing of our villages and towns
and the happiness and victory of everyone in them,
let's advance by bringing together all of our wisdom!

Monday, November 25th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When you shake your head, your hair sways; when your mind begins to work, your body moves. When a strong wind blows, the grass and trees can no longer remain still; when the earth shakes, the seas are atremble. Thus if one can move Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, can the grass and trees fail to respond, can the waters remain calm?"

(Concerning the Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Fashioned by Nichigen-nyo - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 811) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, November 25th, 2013

November 25th-December 1st, 2013
--- WORDS OF THE WEEK ----
Life is indeed a challenge.
Let's therefore be absolutely clear about what our goals are
and make sure that what we are chanting about is precise.
Through chanting daimoku with the great vow (for kosen-rufu),
let's today again,
take on any and all challenges and win!

* 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--
CHIIKI KOFU NO GENDORYOKU!
SOREGA CHIKU KYOGIKAI DA.
WAGA MACHI NO HANEI E
MINA NO KOFUKU TO SHORI E
EICHI O KESSHU SHITE SUSUME!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KOBE O FUREBA KAMI YURUGU KOKORO HATARAKEBA MI UGOKU OKAZA FUKEBA SOMOKU SHIZUKA NARAZU DAICHI UGOKEBA TAIKAI SAWAGASHI KYOSHU SHAKUSON O UGOKASHI TATEMATSUREBA YURUGANU SOMOKU YA ARUBEKI SAWAGANU MIZUYA ARUBEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1187)

-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
JINSEI WA TATAKAI DA.
MOKUHYO O MEIKAKU NI!
INORI WA GUTAITEKI NI!
SEIGAN NO DAIMOKU DE
KYOMO KACHI HIRAKE!


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