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Sunday, April 24, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 24th April 2016 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 25th April Daily Encouragement

 

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

Sunday, April 24th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's praise with the utmost of respect
those members who are selflessly devoting themselves
to achieving kosen-ruru behind the scenes!
Our kind heartfelt words of appreciation and
warm thoughtful considerate attitude towards them
will definitely become the driving force for our advancement.

Sunday, April 24th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Great events never have minor omens. When great evil occurs, great good follows."

(Great Evil and Great Good 
- WND, Vol. I, page 1119) 
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", 
Seikyo Shimbun, April 24th, 2016

Monday, April 25th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"There may be some members who are not able to attend as many meetings as they would like right now. There may be others who have distanced themselves from the organisation for a long time. But they are all Bodhisattvas of the Earth who have embraced the Mystic Law, being 'blessed with great good fortune from past existences' (LSOC27, 356). The seeds of Buddhahood sown in the fields of their hearts cannot fail to sprout, grow, and flower. That is why we must chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with strong faith and send waves of 'the greatest of all joys' (OTT, 212) into the hearts of our fellow members, why we must persevere in our sincere efforts to visit and encourage them.

"Soka experts in the art of encouragement don the 'robe of gentleness and patience' (cf. LSOC10, 207) and display the compassionate spirit of warmly embracing and accepting everyone.

"Even if someone doesn't immediately make a fresh determination to stand up in faith and participate in SGI activities, there's no need to be impatient. Based on the principle of 'three thousand realms in a single moment of life,' your every prayer and action, and the message you impart, will function to produce future changes."

SGI Newsletter No. 9370, Joining in the Joyous Dance of Kosen-rufu, from the April 2016 issue of Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translation released 18th March, 2016. 

* 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 --
KAGEDE FUNTO SURU TOMO O
SAIDAINI TATAEYO!
"KANSHA NO KOTOBA"
"ATATAKANA KOKORO KUBARI" GA
 ZENSHIN ENO GENDORYOKU TO NARU.

--- KYO  NO GOSHO ---
"DAIJI NIWA SHOZUI NASHI DAIAKU OKOREBA DAIZEN KITARU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1300)

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