[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 10th Jan. 2014 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 11th Jan. 2014 Daily Enc.

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

Friday, Jan 10th, 2014
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of those who are going to take school entrance exams,
give them your very best!
We are all earnestly chanting daimoku
that you can exert yourself to the fullest.
Aiming towards a spring brimming with joy and glory,
try to win over yourself each and every day!

Friday, Jan 10th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If we inquire into the origin of Mount Sumeru, we find that it began with a single speck of dust; and likewise, the great ocean began with a single drop of dew. One added to one becomes two, two becomes three, and so on to make ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or an asamkhya. Yet 'one' is the mother of all."

(The Blessings of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 667) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance, Seikyo Shimbun, Jan 10th, 2014

Saturday, Jan 11th, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"Nichiren Daishonin writes:

"'There is definitely something extraordinary in the ebb and flow of the tide, the rising and setting of the moon, and the way in which summer, autumn, winter, and spring give way to each other. Something uncommon also occurs when an ordinary person attains Buddhahood. At such a time, the three obstacles and four devils will invariably appear, and the wise will rejoice while the foolish will retreat.' (WND-1, 637)

"Life and human society are filled with endless trials and tribulations. But the wise eagerly take on every challenge, no matter how daunting, triumph in each one, and keep forging ahead on the great path of human revolution."

SGI Newsletter No. 8905, SGI President Ikeda's New Year's Message for 2014, Let's Make Fresh, Strides towards World Peace!, from the Jan. 2014 issue of the SGI Graphic.

* 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--
JUKENSEI, GAMBARE!
"Best" O TSUKUSERU YO
MINA GA INOTTE IRU.
KANKI TO EIKO NO HARU E
ICHINICHI ICHINICHI O JISHIN NI KATE!

- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SORE SHUMISEN NO HAJIME O TAZUNUREBA ICHIJIN NARI TAIKAI NO HAJIME WA ICHIRO NARI ICHI O KASANUREBA NI TO NARI NI O KASANUREBA SAN NAISHI JU HYAKU SEN MAN OKU ASOGI NO HAHA WA TADA ICHI NARUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1237)


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