[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 4th Dec. 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 5th Dec. 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, Dec 4th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's really chant that our friends
(whom we are trying to introduce to the practice)
will most certainly become happy and victorious!
This essential spirit is always at the heart of our propagation efforts.
As we chant and continue to engage our friends in dialogue
we will be able to experience and achieve
the most dramatic transformation in our lives.

Wednesday, Dec 4th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the
body, and the treasures of the heart are the most valuable of all.
From the time you read this letter on, strive to accumulate the
treasures of the heart!"

(The Three Kinds of Treasure - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol.1, page 851)

Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 4th, 2013

Thursday, Dec 5th, 2013
——- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——-
"Now is the time to foster capable people who cherish truth and justice. Now is the time to build a magnificent citadel of lionhearted champions. Organisations that establish solid bastions of capable people today will flourish victoriously forever.

"In the midst of the harshest persecution, Nichiren Daishonin encourages his disciples: 'Each of you should summon up the courage of a lion king and never succumb to threats from anyone. The lion king fears no other beast, nor do its cubs' (WND-1, 997).

"We are lions. Lions fear no other beast. Lions roar. Lions run. Lions always triumph in the end.

"Our voices are the voices of lions. When we courageously speak out for what is right and true, we can change history and spread goodness.

"Today again, let's forge ties of trust and friendship, starting with one person. Such actions will transform the times."

SGI Newsletter No. 8877, On Our Shared Journey for Kosen-rufu—II, (23) Advance with the "Courage of a Lion King"!, from 8th June, 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 27th Nov. 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--
TOMO O DANJITE SHIAWASE NI!
SONO KOKORO GA GUKYO NO KONPON.
INORI, KATARI TSUZUKERU NAKA NI
JITA TOMO NO IDAI NARU
SEIMEI NO HENKAKU GA ARU.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KURA NO TAKARA YORIMO MINO TAKARA SUGURETARI MINO TAKARA YORI KOKORO
NO TAKARA DAIICHI NARI KONO ONFUMI O GORAN ARAN YORIWA KOKORO NO
TAKARA O TSUMASE TAMAUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1173)


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