[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 19th Dec. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 20th Dec. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, Dec 19th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The daimoku we chant towards the fulfilment of the great vow of kosen-rufu
is, in fact, the greatest of all joys.*
Let's transform the hardships we face into a source of happiness,
our karma into our mission,
and enact the triumphant drama of our human revolution!

* "Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."
(Ongi kuden - Gosho zenshu, page 788, The Record of the Orally
Transmitted Teachings, page 211)

Thursday, Dec 19th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"None of you who declare yourselves to be my disciples should ever
give way to cowardice."

(The Actions of the Votary of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of
Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 764)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shinbun, December 18th, 2013

Friday, Dec 20th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Laws, once implemented, can become tools for abuse. Apathy towards politics is as dangerous as merely watching while a tiger is set loose upon the streets. That's why it is critical for citizens to keep a sharp eye on government for the sake of their own welfare and that of society as a whole."

SGI Newsletter No. 8895, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 3, Valiant Leaders 23, translated 18th Dec. 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--
KOFU SEIGAN NO INORI KOSO
[KANKI NO NAKA NO DAIKANKI].
KUNAN O YOROKOBI NI
SHUKUMI O SHIMEI NI KAE
NINGENKAKUMEI NO SHORIGEKI O!

- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ONO ONO WAGA DESHITO NANORAN HITOBITOWA HITORIMO OKUSHI OMOWARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 910)


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