[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 15th July 2015 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 16th July 2015 Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more. Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 -- TO MY FRIENDS -- The protective forces of the universe never fail to protect those who are dedicated in their efforts for kosen-rufu. Let's lead lives overflowing with good fortune and benefit together with our Soka family - our eternal comrades in faith! Wednesday, July 15th, 2015 --- 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: Gosho for YMDs, Seikyo Shimbun, July 15th, 2015 Thursday, July 16th, 2015 ---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---- "The Mystic Law is the ultimate source of power for overcoming the sufferings of illness. It is the best of all medicines for our life. Mr. Toda often used to say: 'The human body is one big pharmaceutical factory.' "If you are suffering from illness, it is important to keep chanting earnestly and persistently for the treatment you are now receiving to yield its greatest possible effectiveness and for the great life force of the Buddha to manifest itself in your body and vanquish the devil of illness. If you base your struggle with illness on faith in the Mystic Law, you can definitely transform all poison into medicine. "The Daishonin teaches: "Myo [of myoho, the Mystic Law] means to revive" (WND-1, 149). "In a letter to a follower with a sick family member, he says: '[This illness] cannot be the work of demons. Probably the ten demon daughters[1] [protective deities in Buddhism] are testing the strength of your faith' (WND-1, 899). In other words, the benevolent forces of the universe cannot fail to protect the practitioners of the Mystic Law. He is telling the family: 'You can overcome this!'" SGI Newsletter No. 9263, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, Chapter 11: "Illness Gives Rise to the Resolve to Attain the Way," 11.2 Transforming the Sufferings of Birth, Aging, Sickness, and Death, from the June 2015 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 6th July, 2015 [1] Ten demon daughters: The ten female protective deities who appear in the "Dharani" (26th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra as the "daughters of rakshasa demons" or the "ten rakshasa daughters." They vow to the Buddha to guard and protect the sutra's votaries, saying that they will inflict punishment on any who trouble these votaries. * 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 -- KOFU NI IKINUKU HITO O SHOTEN WA DANKO TO MAMORU. SANZE EIEN NO DOSHI TARU SOKA KAZOKU TO TOMO NI FUKUTOKU AFURERU JINSEI O! --- KYO NO GOSHO --- "HAJIME YORI OWARI MADE IYOIYO SHINJIN O ITASUBESHI SANAKUSHITE KOKAIYA ARANZURAN" (Gosho Zenshu, page 1440)

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