[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 16th Sep. 2015 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 17th Sep. 2015 Daily Enc.

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" 

published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Wednesday, Sep 16th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It's important that we always try to wholeheartedly appreciate 

and applaud the efforts of those who are striving sincerely 

in their efforts to expand the development of kosen-rufu!
The feeling of joy from being appreciated is a source of nourishment
that sets off a chain reaction 

leading to exponential growth and advancement!
Let's make great strides  

through our harmonious interactions!

Wednesday, Sep 16th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Whatever trouble occurs, regard it as no more than a dream, and think only of the Lotus Sutra."

(Letter to the Brothers  

- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, 

Vol. 1, page 502)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", 

Seikyo Shinbun, Sept 16th, 2015

Thursday, Sep 17th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the Daishonin's day, given the calamitous situation in society, people keenly felt that the evil age of the Latter Day of the Law had arrived. Thinking the world was doomed, they were filled with despair and resignation.   

"But in stark contrast to this, precisely because it was the evil age of the Latter Day of the Law, the Daishonin resolved that now was the time to stand up and reveal the highest, most powerful teaching for bringing benefit to all people, the time to widely propagate the Mystic Law. This was his stance as the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law.

"The Bodhisattvas of the Earth do not choose to courageously initiate their struggle in the Latter Day of the Law based on whether they will be successful or not, but because it is the necessary and right thing to do. They stand up as individuals because the darker and more perilous the age, the more it becomes time for a powerful philosophy to shine forth like the sun, dispelling the gloom of despair.

"This is what Mr. Makiguchi did. It is what Mr. Toda did. We, too, have stood up resolutely. That is the spirit of the SGI.

"And our members, Bodhisattvas of the Earth throughout Japan and around the world, have gone on to sow the seeds of peace in people's hearts and build an era of humanism."

SGI Newsletter No. 9282, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory,Special Lecture Commemorating January 26, Soka Gakkai International Day, The Mission of Our Soka Network: Bringing Humanity Together with the Spirit of Compassion, from the January 2015 Daibyakurenge, translation released 11th of August, 2015

* 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 KAKUDAI NI IDOMU TOMO O
KOKORO KARA TATAEYO!
KANKI NO RENSA KOSO
HIYAKU O NO GENDORYOKU DA.
WARAKU NO KOSHIN O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TATOI IKANARU WAZURAWASHIKI KOTO ARITOMO YUMENI NASHITE TADA HOKEKYO NO KOTONOMI SAWAGURASE TAMAUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1088)

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