[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 22 July 2016 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 23 July Daily Encouragement

 

Posted From Firenze, Italy...

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

published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.

Friday, July 22nd, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --

Let's all warmly protect and support

those members who are rearing young children!

It's always important to do our best 

to understand and empathize with their struggles.

Let's create a truly warm atmosphere

where such members can feel at ease 

when seeking out advice about 

whatever problems and concerns 

they may have! 

Friday, July 22nd, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---

"When you come of age and take faith in Buddhism, you must first of all think of paying the debt you owe to your father and mother.  Mount Sumeru is paltry in comparison to the towering debt you owe your father; the great ocean is shallow compared to the profoundness of the debt you owe your mother.  You must bear in mind these debts you owe to your father and mother."

("The Four Virtues and the Four Debts of Gratitude", 

- WND-Vol 2, page 637)

Selection Source:  Together with the Gosho

Seikyo Shinbun:  July 21^st, 2016

Saturday, July 23rd, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 

"'In this entire country of Japan, I am the only one who has been chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. I am like the single speck of dust that marks the beginning of Mount Sumeru or the single drop of dew that spells the start of the great ocean. Probably two people, three people, ten people, a hundred people will join in chanting it, until it spreads to one province, two provinces, and all the sixty-six provinces of Japan, and reaches even to the two islands of Iki and Tsushima. Those persons who have spoken slanderously of me will in time chant in the same way.' (WND-1, 672) 

"The Daishonin himself opened the great path of kosen-rufu through his personal efforts to awaken the Buddha nature in one individual after another. Carrying on his deeply compassionate spirit, our leaders at the group and district levels, in particular, are reaching out to their fellow members in honest, heart-to-heart dialogue, helping those who are struggling to reinvigorate their lives, and personally fostering capable people for kosen-rufu. 

"In our groups and districts, we find the very essence of Buddhist practice. We find a realm of encouragement and support that characterises the people-centered Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin, as well as a preeminent model for a human community that can illuminate the future."

SGI Newsletter No. 9426, Guidelines for Leaders Striving on the Front Lines of Kosen-rufu [Part 5 of 5], 

Applauding Our Men's and Women's Division Group Leaders, From the September 2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 20th July, 2016

* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --

IKUJI NI FUNTO SURU TOMO O

MINA DE MAMORI SASAE YO!

RIKAI TO KYOKAN GA TAISETSU DA.

DONNA NAYAMI MO ANSHIN SHITE

SODAN DEKIRU YO HAIRYO O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---

HITO TO NARITE BUKKYO O SHINZUREBA MAZU KONO CHICHI TO HAHA TONO ON O HOZU BESHI, CHICHI NO ON NO TAKAKI KOTO · SHUMISEN NAO HIKISHI · HAHA NO ON NO FUKAKI KOTO TAIKAI KAETTE ASASHI, AIKAMAETE FUBO NO ON O HOZU BESHI

("UENO DONO GOSHOSOKU", Gosho Zenshu, page 1527)

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