[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 28th Dec. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 29th Dec. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, Dec 28th, 2013
— TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our meeting arrangers and people who help out
and all who back-up our activities for the sake of kosen-rufu,
throughout this year behind the scenes,
thank you so very much!
Thanks to your selfless dedication and painstaking efforts,
it is most certain that your lives will be adorned with
the immeasurable benefit and good fortune of the Mystic Law.

Saturday, Dec 28th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Now, no matter what, strive in faith and be known as a votary of the Lotus Sutra, and remain my disciple for the rest of your life. If you are of the same mind as Nichiren, you must be a Bodhisattva of the Earth."

(The True Aspect of All Phenomena - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 385) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, Decmeber 28th, 2013

Sunday, Dec 29th, 2013
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"Life and society are filled with challenges. Looking around, we see various organisations deadlocked and lacking vitality. We live in a time when the future is uncertain. But organisations that can break through stalemate and press ahead will be able to succeed and thrive. That's why we must keep moving forwards. This present moment is decisive. Nichiren Daishonin proclaims: 'Not once have I thought of retreat' (WND-2, 465).

"The deeper the darkness, the brighter the humanism of Nichiren Buddhism shines. We must never retreat a single step in our struggle. My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda declared: 'We are carrying out a great revolution. It is not a revolution waged by military force or political power. It is a nonviolent revolution—the human revolution. This is the true revolution.'

"When we advance, we will meet resistance, we will come up against obstacles. And when we think we can go no farther, that's when the real challenge begins. That's the time for us to chant with even greater determination and take courageous action.

"We can change the situation. We can expand our life condition. It's important that we strive wholeheartedly in this existence, so that we can look back on our lives with no regrets."

SGI Newsletter No. 8903, On Our Shared Journey for Kosen-rufu—I , (36) "Not Once Have I Thought of Retreat", from 21st Oct., 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 27th 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--
KAIGO TO NO YAKUIN NADO
KOFU O KAGE DE SASAERU MINASAMA
ICHINENKAN, ARIGATO!
TOTOKI KENSHIN TO ROKU NI
MYOHO NO FUKUTOKU WA SANZEN!

- KYO NO GOSHO --
"IKANIMO KONDO SHINJIN O ITASHITE HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NITE TORI NICHIREN GA ICHIMON TO NARITOSHI TAMAU BESHI NICHIREN TO DOI NARABA JIYU NO BOSATSU TARANKA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1360)


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