A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, April 11th, 2014
— TO MY FRIENDS --
Unity is the key to expansion and development.
It is vital that both our Men's and Women's Division members
join together in their efforts to support our young people's
dedicated propagation efforts.
The Daishonin teaches,
"If the spirit of many in body but one in mind prevails among the people,
they will achieve all their goals."*
*"Many in Body, One in Mind" - WND-I, page 618
Friday, April 11th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Iron, when heated in the flames and pounded, becomes a fine sword. Worthies and sages are tested by abuse."
(Letter from Sado - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 303)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, April 11th, 2014
Saturday, April 12th, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) once declared: 'A vow is the key to progress.'"[1]
SGI Newsletter No. 8974, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 4, Bold Advance 5, translation released 11th April, 2014
[1] Mahatma Gandhi, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1994), vol. 97 (Nov. 25, 1903–April 22, 1947), p. 99.
* 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--
DANKETSU KOSO KAKUDAI NO CHIKARA!
SOFU MO ITTAI TO NATTE
SEINEN NO GUKYO NO OEN O!
"ITAI DOSHIN NAREBA
BANJI O JOSHI" DA.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KUROGANE WA KITAI UTEBA TSURUGI TO NARU KENSHO WA MERI SHITE KOKOROMIRU NARUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 958)
| Reply via web post | Reply to sender | Reply to group | Start a new topic | Messages in this topic (1) |
: SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-subscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk
from there on it is all automatic!
ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following addresses and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!
http://www.sgi.org/
http://www.sgi-uk.org/buddhism/practise
Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
http://treasures-of-heart.com/
To unsubscribe from this group send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@egroups.com
But do drop us a line at sjlmg@wta.att.ne.jp when you leave and tell us why you are leaving as it often can help us to improve the service! Please!
To modify your subscription from receiving daily to picking up as you wish go to http://www.egroups.com/mygroups
No comments:
Post a Comment