[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 13th Feb. 2014 To My Friends and Daily Gosho plus 14th Feb. 2014 Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, February 13th, 2014
— TO MY FRIENDS —
Taking actions out of force of habit is in itself stagnation
and eventually leads to setbacks.
Let's be careful not to become overconfident or careless
and always try to take on new challenges.
Let's all advance with fresh youthful vitality!

Thursday, February 13th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The moon appears in the west and sheds its light eastward, but the sun rises in the east and casts its rays to the west. The same is true of Buddhism. It spread from west to east in the Former and Middle Days of the Law, but will travel from east to west in the Latter Day."

(On the Buddha's Prophecy - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 401) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, Feb 13th, 2014

Friday, February 14th, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"Those who exert themselves tirelessly on the front lines of our organisation are truly admirable.

"Even if your efforts to share the Daishonin's Buddhism may not always go as hoped, your deep concern to promote kosen-rufu itself embodies the noble concern of the Buddha. You have already sown the seeds for your own happiness and that of others. All of your efforts will give rise to great benefit. Beautiful flowers are also certain to come into bloom in your life and in the movement for kosen-rufu.

"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'I am . . . praying as earnestly as though to produce fire from damp wood, or to obtain water from parched ground' (WND-1, 444). Wholehearted prayer to the Gohonzon enables us to break through all of our obstacles and limitations.

"Please create waves of victory from your local areas that will ripple out to encompass the entire world."

SGI Newsletter No. 8930, Opening a New Era of Kosen-rufu Together, (5) Strive on the Front Lines of Kosen-rufu with a Vibrant Youthful Spirit!, from 2nd Feb., 2014, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun translated 10th Feb. 2014

* 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--
DASEI WA TEITAI DE ARI
KOTAI NI TSUJITE IKU.
NARE YA YUDAN O HAISHI
ARATANA CHOSEN O!
WAKAWAKASHII IBUKI DE SUSUME!

- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TSUKI WA NISHIYORI IDETE HIGASHI O TERASHI HIWA HIGASHI YORI IDETE NISHI O TERASU BUPPO MO MATA MOTTE KAKU NO GOSOSHI SHOZO NIWA NISHI YORI HIGASHI NI MUKAI MAPPO NIWA HIGASHI YORI NISHI NI YUKU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 508)


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