[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 14th Dec. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 15th Dec. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, Dec 14th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Those who remain unwavering and supportive of others
are blessed with good friends.
Let's cherish our old friends and at the same time
let's take every possible opportunity to make new ones.
Friendships are indeed lifelong treasures.

Saturday, Dec 14th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It must be ties of karma from the distant past that have destined you to become my disciple at a time like this. Shakyamuni and Many Treasures certainly realised this truth. The sutra's statement, 'Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers,' cannot be false in any way."

(The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 217) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, Decmeber 14th, 2013

Sunday, Dec 15th, 2013
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), the former South African president and human rights champion who passed away on December 5, once wrote: 'I am convinced that floods of personal disaster can never drown a determined revolutionary nor can the cumulus of misery that accompany tragedy suffocate him.'[1]

"…A women's division leader in Africa said: 'The realities are very challenging, but we will not give up. Why? Because we have the power within us to overcome difficulties. The Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin has taught us this.... If we shine brightly in society, a Century of Africa will shine.'

"This invincible spirit is the Gakkai spirit.

"Everything begins with the courageous and noble dance of human revolution, in which each person strives to make their life shine its brightest in the place where they are right now."

SGI Newsletter No. 8888, 2nd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, Setting Sail into a New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, from 10th Dec., 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 11th Dec. 2013

[1] Nelson Mandela, Conversations with Myself (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010), p. 184.

* 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--
SEIJITSU O TSURANUKU HITO WA
YOKI TOMO NI MEGUMARERU.
KYUKO O TAISETSU NI
ARATANA DEAI O MUSUBE!
YUJO KOSO JINSEI NO TAKARA DA.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KAKO NO SHUKUEN OIKITATTE KONDO NICHIREN GA DESHI TO NARI TAMAUKA SHAKA TAHO KOSO GOZONJI SORORAME ZAIZAI SHOBUTSUDO JOYO SHIGUSHO YOMO SORAGOTO SORAWAJI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1338)


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