* We are heading into a period of several press holidays here in Japan so there will be no To My Friends on certain days.
BUT we will endeavour to keep Daily Enc. going as much as possible although it may be a bit delayed..for obvious reasons!!!
It's the New Year holidays! Here we go then…
A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Dec 30th, 2013-Jan 5th, 2014
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Celebrating together our glorious victories of this year,
let's give three cheers to everyone in our Soka family!
The benefits that each one of you has accumulated
(through your tireless dedication to achieving kosen-rufu)
is boundless and immeasurable.
Now, brimming with life force from time without beginning
(by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon),
let's all start anew towards the new era!
Monday, Dec 30th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"I entrust you with the propagation of Buddhism in your province."
(The Properties of Rice - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 1117) Selection source: "Rashinban", Seikyo Shimbun, Decmeber 29th, 2013
Tuesday, Dec 31st, 2013
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"'The voice does the Buddha's work' (cf. OTT, 4). How important it is that we talk with others, that we engage in dialogue! Armed with perseverance and wearing the 'robe of gentleness and patience' (WND-2, 602), let us make a point of always speaking to others with bright and vibrant voices. Let us hold warm dialogues, happy dialogues. Let us hold dialogues that inspire and encourage. Let us hold dialogues brimming with philosophy. Such dialogues are what will pave the way to a truly human and humane world. And let us work hard to link those dialogues to the ongoing victory of our movement."
SGI Newsletter No. 8893, The following are excerpts from the 48th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting in Tokyo on July 18th, 2000. These excerpts were featured in a video of the speech, which was shown during the 2nd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting of the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, held in conjunction with the Okinawa Prefecture General Meeting, in Okinawa on Dec. 8th, 2013. The excerpted text appeared in the Dec. 17th, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai daily newspaper.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--KONSHU NO KOTOBA--
KAGAYAKU DAISHORI NO ICHINEN
SOKA KAZOKU NO BANZAI O!
MINASAMA NO KUDOKU WA MUGYO NARI.
IZA GANJO NO SEIMEIRYOKU DE
SHINJIDAI E SHUPPATSU DA!
- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SONO KUNI NO BUPPO WA KIHEN NI MAKASE TATEMATSURI SOROZO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1467)
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ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following addresses and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!
http://www.sgi.org/
http://www.sgi-uk.org/buddhism/practise
Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
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http://treasures-of-heart.com/
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