[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 12th Dec. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 13th Dec. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, Dec 12th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Through the power of sincere faith and courageous actions,
we can unleash the boundless power of the Buddha and the Law!
With strong resolute chanting and concrete action
let's make the impossible, possible!

Thursday, Dec 12th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If Nichiren's compassion is truly great and encompassing,
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo will spread for ten thousand years and more, for
all eternity."
(On Repaying Debts of Gratitude - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol. 1, page 736)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, Decmeber 12th, 2013

Friday, Dec 13th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Just going through the motions or leaving things to others won't do. Leaders mustn't neglect their basic responsibilities.

"In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, Nichiren Daishonin states: 'If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials of millions of kalpas, then instant after instant there will arise in us the three Buddha bodies[1] with which we are eternally endowed. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a "diligent" practice' (OTT, 214).

"When we chant with a single-minded focus and purpose, courage and wisdom will well up from within us. Our own earnest resolve as leaders will rouse others to action."

SGI Newsletter No. 8889, On Our Shared Journey for Kosen-rufu—I, (32) Advancing Together with Our Mentor and Fellow Members[1], translated 12the Dec., 2013

[1] The three bodies of the Buddha refer to the Dharma body, the reward body, and the manifested body. The Dharma body is the fundamental truth, or Law, to which a Buddha is enlightened. The reward body is the wisdom to perceive the Law. And the manifested body is the compassionate actions the Buddha carries out to lead people to happiness.

* 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--
SHINKEN NA [SHINRIKI] TO
YUKAN NA [GYORIKI] NI
[BUTSURIKI] [HORIKI] WA YUGEN!
GOJO NA INRORI TO KODO DE
FUKANO O KANO NI!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NICHIREN GA JIHI KODAI NARABA NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA MANNEN NO HOKA
MIRAI MADEMO NAGARU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 329)


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