[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 22nd March 2014 To My Friends and Daily Gosho plus 23rd March 2014 Daily Enc.

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

Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
As "leaders,"
let's all continue to make every effort to
study the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
and SGI's guidance each and every day!
Our own growth is the very driving force
for the development of our organisation.

Saturday, March 22nd, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"There is no true happiness for human beings other than chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. The sutra reads, ". . . where living beings enjoy themselves at ease." How could this passage mean anything but the boundless joy of the Law? ."

(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, WND-I, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, March 22nd, 2014

Sunday, March 23rd, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"The spirit of sharing Buddhism is the spirit of compassion to teach one's friends and all whom one encounters the way to triumph over suffering and to gain indestructible happiness. It is the courage to uphold the correct teaching of Buddhism, without fearing anything. It is also the strong desire to polish and develop one's life, the motivation to better oneself with the aspiration of doing one's human revolution and attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime.

"Soka Gakkai activities take many forms, from spreading the Daishonin's teachings to holding discussion meetings, engaging in Buddhist study, and promoting publication subscriptions. But the aim of all these activities is kosen-rufu, and the driving force behind them is the spirit of sharing Buddhism with others. If that basic spirit is lost, activities become perfunctory and meaningless.

"When we share Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism with those around us, pulsing with the desire that they definitely become happy, all of our activities will be infused with this spirit and joy will surge up within us. When this happens, our interactions with others will naturally connect their lives to Buddhism.

"All Gakkai activities are directed toward advancing kosen-rufu and establishing the correct teaching for the peace of the land. That is our bodhisattva practice as emissaries of the Buddha. It is important that we are filled with the wish to share Buddhism with others, which is the spirit of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth."

SGI Newsletter No. 8959, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 3, Valiant Leaders 64, 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--
"Leader" WA
GOSHO TO GAKKAI SHIDO O
HIBI MANABIYUKE!
MIZUKARA NO SEICHO KOSO
SOSHIKI HATTEN NO GENDORYOKU DA.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ISSAI SHUJO NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO TONAURU HOKANO YURAKU NAKI NARI KYO NI IWAKU SHUJOSHOYURAKU UNNUN KONO MON ANI JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)


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