[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 19th March 2014 To My Friends and Daily Gosho plus 20th March 2014 Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Please do your utmost not to be the cause of an accident or incident particularly at night!
I especially urge our Young Womens and Womens Divisions members
to strictly uphold our "back home by ten" guideline when attending evening activities.
Also, let's always show due consideration to the neighbourhood we are in
and keep the noise level to a minimum.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(There is no true happiness for human beings other than chanting
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo ...) Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what
there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and
continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. (How
could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law?")

(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 681)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, March 19th, 2014

Thursday, March 20th, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Shin'ichi began by referring to the annual fire festival on Mount Wakakusa in Nara Prefecture, which had been held on January 15: 'The mountain is set ablaze once a year, but every spring new grass sprouts again without fail. Though the dead grass burns, the roots of the grass remain, and fresh new grass grows after absorbing the nourishment from the burned grass ash of the previous year.

"The same is true in life. People with deep roots will always flourish, no matter what happens. These roots represent faith. By making your roots as thick and strong as possible, you will be able to absorb good fortune and cause not only yourselves but your families and all your relatives to prosper forever.'"

SGI Newsletter No. 8959, The New Human Revolution––Volume 26: Chapter 3, Valiant Leaders 63, translation released 18th March 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--
YAKAN NO JIKEN, JIKO NI
KUREGURE MO CHUI!
JOSHIBU, FUJINBU WA
[TENKI UNDO] NO GENSHU O!
SHUI MO HAIRYO O WASURERU NA.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"(ISSAI SHUJO NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO TONAURU HOKANO YURAKU NAKINARI
...) KU OBA KUTO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOI
AWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHITONAE ISASE TAMAE (KORE ANI
JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA)"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)




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