[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 24th Dec. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 25th Dec. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Tuesday, Dec 24th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
When children talk,
let's try to carefully and patiently listen to what they have to say.
Such warm caring interaction leads to the further strengthening
of bonds that hold a family together.
Let's spend some meaningful,quality time with our friends and family this holiday season!

Tuesday, Dec 24th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Strengthen your resolve more than ever. Ice is made of water, but it
is colder than water. Blue dye comes from indigo, but when something
is repeatedly dyed in it, the colour is better than that of the indigo
plant. The Lotus Sutra remains the same, but if you repeatedly
strengthen your resolve, your colour will be better than that of
others, and you will receive more blessings than they do."

(The Supremacy of the Law - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 615)
Selection Source: Gosho for December, Daibyakurenge, December, 2013

Wednesday, Dec 25th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, declared: 'We will never run out of people to share this Buddhism with, because each of us has been born in this world together with a great retinue of karmic companions—people bound to us by ties from the distant past. Let's sow the seeds of Buddhahood. Even though not everyone may listen to us at first, the time is sure to come when the seeds we have planted in their lives will blossom.'

SGI Newsletter No. 8894, Engaging in Dialogue to Foster Friendship and Trust, from the January 2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 16th 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--
KODOMOTACHI NO HANASHI NI
JIKKURI MIMI O KATAMUKEYO!
ATATAKANA FUREAI DE
KAZOKU NO KIZUNA O SARA NI FUKAKU.
JUJITSU NO YUKO KIKAN O!

- KYO NO GOSHO --
"IYOIYO GOJO NO ONKOKOROZASHI ARUBESHI KORI WA MIZUYORI IDETAREDOMO
MIZU YORIMO SUSAMAJI AOKI KOTO WA AI YORI IDETAREDOMO KASANUREBA
AIYORIMO IRO MASARU ONAJI HOKEKYO NITEWA OWASUREDOMO KOKOROZASHI O
KASANUREBA TANIN YORIMO IRO MASARI RISHO MO ARUBEKINARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1221)


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