[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 15th Feb. 2014 To My Friends and Daily Gosho plus 16th Feb. 2014 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, February 15th, 2014
— TO MY FRIENDS —
Let's not forget to take the utmost of care
in heavy snow or on icy roads in regards to slipping and falling over.
In particular all of our SGI publication deliverers!
Please be sure to make your safety the top priority!

Saturday, February 15th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Be diligent in developing your faith until the last moment of your life. Otherwise you will have regrets."

(Letter to Niike - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 1027) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, Feb 15th, 2014

Sunday, February 16th, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"By burning the 'firewood' of ignorance and deluded impulses to light the 'fire' of awakening and wisdom, we can illuminate the path to happiness for ourselves and others (cf. OTT, 10–11). This is the process of changing our karma and carrying out our human revolution.

"When we find ourselves up against a thick wall of suffering and feel like we can't go on—that's the time when we can rouse the underlying power inherent in our beings through chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. As Nichiren Daishonin writes [in 'Letter from Sado']: 'Only by defeating a powerful enemy can one prove one's real strength' (WND-1, 302).

"That's why we have the Gohonzon, and our Buddhist faith and practice. As the Daishonin says: 'The single word "belief [or faith]" is the sharp sword with which one confronts and overcomes fundamental darkness or ignorance' (OTT, 119–20). That's why there is never an end, a point where we can say to ourselves, 'This is enough,' in our Buddhist practice and our efforts for kosen-rufu.

"We must constantly renew and rejuvenate ourselves, constantly continue to grow. We advance forever, joyfully and powerfully engaging in the great drama of value creation, transforming our lives from one dominated by ignorance to one shining with bright awakening or enlightenment."

SGI Newsletter No. 8929, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [53] "The Treatment of Illness," Dispel the Darkness of the Times with the Supreme Philosophy of Humanity!, from the June 2013 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 7th 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--
SEKISETSU YA TOKETSU NI YORU
"slip" TENTO JIKO NI
KUREGUREMO CHUI O!
MUKAN NO TOMO NO MINASAMA MO
ANZEN O SAIYUSEN DE!

- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HAJIME YORI OWARI MADE IYOIYO SHINJIN O ITASUBESHI SANAKUSHITE KOKAIYA ARANZURAN"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1440)


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