[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 15th Dec. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 16th Dec. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Sunday, Dec 15th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The beautiful field of kosen-rufu is developed
and expanded when we have a diverse range of talents.
Let's use all our creative ideas and make every effort
so that each individual can let their unique character
and abilities fully blossom.

Sunday, Dec 15th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"He is a man who never gives in to defeat and who greatly values his friends."

(On Prolonging One's Life Span - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 955) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance, Seikyo Shimbun, Decmeber 15th, 2013

Monday, Dec 16th, 2013
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"In the "Kajadifu-bushi," the classical Okinawan song and dance that is performed at many celebrations and festivals, we find the lyrics:

"'To what may the happiness on this day be compared?
To a budding flower on which dew has come to rest.'[1]

"In the SGI, too, many new capable people and wonderful friendships are blooming or in bud.

"With each of us acting as 'a friend in the orchid room' (WND-1, 23), let us of the SGI, a realm brimming with unsurpassed joy, forge even more beautiful and fragrant ties with others in our communities and in society towards a brighter future for all humanity."

SGI Newsletter No. 8888, 2nd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting held outdoors at the Okinawa Training Centre in Onnason, in conjunction with the Okinawa Prefecture General Meeting, on December 8, 2013., Setting Sail into a New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, from 10th Dec., 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 11th Dec. 2013

[1] Ryukyuan Dance (Naha, Okinawa: Tourism and Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Okinawa Department of Commerce, Industry and Labor, 1995), p. 27.

* 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--
TASAINA JINZAI O
KYUGO SHITE KOSO
KOFU NO RYOKUYA WA KAKUDAI.
MINA NO KOSEI O IKASU
DORYOKU TO KUFU O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KIWAMETE MAKEJI TAMASHI NO HITONITE WAGA KATANO KOTO OBA DAIJI TO MOSU HITO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 986)


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