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Friday, June 30, 2017

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 30th June 2017 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 1st July Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Friday, June 30th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The more we find ourselves confronted with adversity
the more we burn with the indomitable spirit 
of "never being defeated."
Let's help and encourage each other 
to keep on going, to keep on trying.
This is the very heart and spirit of Soka.
Now is the time for us to make that great advance 
based on unity and empathy!

Friday, June 30th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood. Do not have doubts simply because heaven does not lend you protection. Do not be discouraged because you do not enjoy an easy and secure existence in this life.) This is what I have taught my disciples morning and evening, and yet they begin to harbour doubts and abandon their faith. Foolish men are likely to forget the promises they have made when the crucial moment comes."

(The Opening of the Eyes  
- WND, page 283)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin," 
Seikyo Shinbun, June 30th, 2017

Saturday, July 1st, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"We, too, by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo can bring forth this bodhisattva's wisdom and vigorous life force to be able to care for others.

"At times, we may ask ourselves: 'How can I encourage that person?' 'How can I bring a smile to their face?' 'How can I find a solution to this difficult challenge?' By chanting, wrestling with the problem, studying, summoning all our wisdom, and taking action, our sincere intent will definitely reach the other person's heart. We will be able to find a way forwards.

"Truly wise are those who strive to expand friendship through warm consideration and sincerity, and draw on their creativity and ingenuity to make our world a better place."

SGI Newsletter No. 9637, SGI President Ikeda's Guidance for the Future Division, Spread Your Wings towards the Future, [27] The Tree-lined Streets of Malaysia, from 1st June, 2016, issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translation released 21st June, 2017

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--WAGA TOMO NI OKURU--
GYAKKYO DE AREBA ARU HODO
MAKEJIDAMASHI GA MOEAGARU.
TAGAI NI TATAE HAGEMASHIAU.
SOREGA SOKA NO KOKORO IKI DA.
KYOSEN NO DAIKOSHIN O IZA!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"WAGA DESHI NI CHOSEKI OSHIE SHIKADOMO UTAGAI O OKOSHITE MINA SUTEKEN TSUTANAKI MONO NO NARAI WA YAKUSOKU SESHI KOTO O MAKOTO NO TOKI WA WASURURU NARU BESHI."
(Gosho Zenshu, page 234)

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 29th June, 2017 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 30th June Daily Enc.

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Thursday, June 29th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"You must simply make up your mind."*
The strength needed to break 
any deadlock that we are facing now
is drawn forth by chanting daimoku 
infused with the vow to achieve kosen-rufu.
Let's exceed what we achieved yesterday.
Let's advance one step today, 
and if not that… half a step!

*"Reply to Yasaburō" - WND-I,  page 829

Thursday, June 29th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Where there is unseen virtue, there will be visible reward."

(Unseen Virtue and Visible Reward 
- WND, Vol. I, page 907)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin," 
Seikyo Shimbun, June 29th, 2017

Friday, June 30th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"If you share my spirit, then now is the time to warmly encourage the members and lift everyone's spirits. You must all stand up and take the lead as individuals who embody the same commitment I do!"

SGI Newsletter No. 9644, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 43, translation released 27th June, 2017    

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"ONO-ONO OMOIKIRI TAMAE"
IKIZUMARI O YABURU CHIKARA WA
KOFU SEIGAN NO INORI NI ARI.
KINO NO JIBUN O KOEYO!
IPPO DEMO HANPO DEMO SUSUME!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"INTOKU AREBA YOHO ARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1178)

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 28th June, 2017 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 29th June Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Wednesday, June 28th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"One is the mother of ten thousand."*
By wholeheartedly treasuring every person 
we have the chance to meet, 
ten thousand waves of hope are widely spread.
A breakthrough to victory lies 
right before our own eyes.

*" Now I would like to go a step farther and explain how the small can actually encompass the great, and the one be superior to the many. The seed of the nyagrodha tree, though one-third the size of a mustard seed, can conceal five hundred carts within itself. Is this not a case of the small containing the large? The wish-granting jewel, while only one in number, is able to rain down ten thousand treasures without a single thing lacking. Is this not a case of the few encompassing the many? The popular proverb says that 'one is the mother of ten thousand.' Do you not understand the principle behind these matters? The important thing to consider is whether or not a doctrine conforms with the principle of the true aspect of all things. Do not be blindly attached to the question of many or few!" 
- "Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man," WND-I, page 130

Wednesday, June 28th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nevertheless, even though you chant and believe in Myoho-renge-kyo, if you think the Law is outside yourself, you are embracing not the Mystic Law but an inferior teaching."

(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime 
- WND, Vol. I, page 3)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin," 
Seikyo Shinbun, June 28th, 2017

Thursday, June 29th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"All things have milestones and endings. The end of one thing is the beginning of another. Resolute determination is needed for a fresh departure. The bright flame of commitment, a passionate vow, is needed. Stand up! All of you, stand up as courageous successors. Have you got that? That's my request. I'm counting on you."

SGI Newsletter No. 9644, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 43, translation released 27th June, 2017    

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"ICHI" WA "MAN" NO HAHA DA.
EN SURU HITORI O TESSHITE
TAISETSU NI SURU KOTO KARA
KIBO NO BAMPA WA HIROGARU.
TOPPAKO WA GANZEN NI ARI!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"MYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAE TAMOTSU TO IUTOMO MOSHI KOSHIN NO HOKANI HO ARI TO OMOWABA MATTAKU MYOHO NIWA ARAZU SOHO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 383)

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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 27th June 2017 To My Friends and Daily Gosho plus 28th June Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin states:
"do not depend on others."*
Let's do our utmost to overcome
any carelessness or dependency we might have
which leads to us easily assuming that
"someone else will probably do it."
With the spirit of standing alone,
let's resolutely strive to shoulder 
the full responsibility!

*"You must be firmly resolved. Do not begrudge your fief; do not think of your wife and children. And do not depend on others. You must simply make up your mind."
("Reply to Yasaburo", WND-1 page 829)

Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"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."
("The Blessings of the Lotus Sutra", WND-1 page 672)
Selection Source:  Together with the Gosho
Seikyo Shinbun:  June 26th, 

Wednesday, June 28th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"As long as we human beings preserve the spirit of consideration for others and the commitment to learning, we will be able to find common ground and continue advancing towards happiness and world peace, transcending any differences."

SGI Newsletter No. 9637, SGI President Ikeda's Guidance for the Future Division, Spread Your Wings towards the Future, [27] The Tree-lined Streets of Malaysia, from 1st June, 2016, issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translation released 21st June, 2017

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
GOSEIKUN "HITO O TANOMITE
AYABUMU KOTO NAKARE"
"DAREKA GA YARUDARO" TONO
YUDAN YA TAYORU KOKORO O HAISE!
KETSUZEN TO ISSAI O NINAI TATE!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"NIHON-KOKU NO NAKA NI TADA HITORI, NAMU-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO TONAE TARI, KORE WA SHUMISEN NO HAJIME NO ICHIJIN TAIKAI NO HAJIME NO ICIHRO NARI"
("MYOMITSU SHONIN GOSHOSOKU", Gosho Zenshu page 1241)

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Monday, June 26, 2017

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] June 26-July 2 2017 Words of the Week, July 26 Daily Gosho + July 27 Daily Enc.

 

A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more. 

June 26th - July 2nd, 2017
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Today's hardships 
that we may encounter in our activities 
are in and of themselves 
a happy and enjoyable Buddhist practice 
that creates for eternal good fortune and benefit.
By making up our minds,
"We will be victorious, no matter what!"
let's advance with the heart of a lion king.

*"The Daishoinin's teaching that encountering difficulties is itself peaceful is the noble way to construct a great state of life that will endure throughout eternity.
"SGI members tirelessly go from house to house encouraging members. They talk with one friend after another about Buddhism... In the process they are accumulating eternal good fortune."
(Ref.: The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, "Peaceful Practises" chapter)

Monday, June 26th, 2017 
--- DAILY GOSHO --- 
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered." 

(On Prayer 
- WND, Vol. I, page 345)          
Selection source:  
"Kyo no Hosshin," Seikyo Shinbun, 
June 26th, 2017 

Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---- 
"Only by taking appropriate steps to reply to the needs of the times can we ensure that the Soka Gakkai flourishes forever."

SGI Newsletter No. 9638, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 38, translation released 22nd June, 2017 

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-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA -- 
KYO NO KUNAN NO KATSUDO WA
EIEN NO KUDOKU O TSUKURIYUKU
TANOSHIKI SHUGYO NARI.
"KANARAZU KATSU" TO
SHISHIO NO KOKORO DE SUSUME!

--- KYO NO GOSHO --- 
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1351)

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Sunday, June 25, 2017

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends and Daily Gosho June 25, 2017 plus Daily Encouragement June 26

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Sunday, June 25th, 2017
— TO MY FRIENDS --
One single earnestly devoted person
can help spread a great wave of expansion
and develop strong bonds of unity with everyone.
Let's all take the initiative in taking such action!
Let's never slacken in our repudiation of evil!*

*"You must not retreat a single step! Never slacken in your repudiation of evil!" On reflection, it seems to me that President Toda's guidance on that occasion—to never retreat in the face of evil and to always remember that kosen-rufu is a ceaseless struggle—was his last will and testament to us.
(The Human Revolution, Vol. 12, 
"Tranquil Light" chapter.)

Sunday, June 25th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."

(Happiness in This World 
- WND, Vol. I, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", 
Seikyo Shinbun, June 25th, 2017

Monday, June 26th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The mentor opens the way for the disciples. Genuine disciples widen and extend that path even further. Ensuring the continuation of the movement for kosen-rufu is the true path of mentor and disciple."

SGI Newsletter No. 9639, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 39, translation released 22nd June, 2017

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
HISSHI NO "HITORI" KARA
KAKUDAI NO UNERI GA HIROGARU.
KYOKONA KESSOKU GA UMARERU.
SOSSEN SUIHAN NO KODO O!
TSUIGEKI NO TE O YURUMERUNA!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOI AWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE KORE ANI JUJU HORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE "
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)

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Saturday, June 24, 2017

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 24th June, 2017 To My Friends & daily Gosho + 25th June Daily Enc.

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Saturday, June 24th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is our groups' dynamic progress
that decides the course to glorious success.
To all of our noble men's and women's group leaders,
let's create a great surge towards 
the resounding victory of Tokyo
from our very own 
and much cherished group!

Saturday, June 24th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The votary of the Lotus Sutra must be like the great sea as compared to the various rivers and streams, like Mount Sumeru among the host of mountains, like the god of the moon amid the multitude of stars, like the great god of the sun amid the other shining lights, like the wheel-turning kings, like the lord Shakra, and like the great king Brahmā among all various heavenly kings."

(On Repaying Debts of Gratitude 
- WND, Vol. I, page 711)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance, 
Seikyo Shinbun, June 24th, 2017

Sunday, June 25th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"People, society, and the natural world all undergo changes. Faith in the Mystic Law and the Soka Gakkai spirit are the driving force for turning those changes into a catalyst for great development and growth, giving us the strength to embark on a fresh challenge, filled with hope."

SGI Newsletter No. 9641, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 40, translation released 23rd June, 2017

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"Block" NO DAIYAKUSHIN KOSO
EIKO ENO KETTEIDA DA!
TOTOKI HONJIN-CHO SHIRAYURI-CHO YO
WAGA AISURU TENCHI KARA
TOKYO GAIKA NO DAICHORYU O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
""HOKEKYO NO GYOJA WA SENRU KOGA NO NAKANO TAIKAI SHUEN NO NAKANO SHUMISEN SHUSEI NO NAKANO GATTEN SHUMYO NO NAKANO DAINITTEN TENRINO TAISHAKU SHO-O NO NAKANO DAIBONNO NARI
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 309)

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Friday, June 23, 2017

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 23rd June, 2017 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 24th June Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Friday, June 23rd, 2017
- - TO MY FRIENDS - -
The Gosho states:
"The stronger one's faith, 
the greater the protection of the gods."*/**
The extent to which the winds of adversity 
blow against us,
is the extent to which we must move 
the protective forces of the universe
with our strong inner determination 
and daimoku!

* Gosho: "The Supremacy of the Law", page 614, "…the Great Teacher Miao-lo stated, 'The stronger one's faith, the greater the protection of the gods.' So long as one maintains firm faith, one is certain to receive the great protection of the gods."

**There is another gosho which has been translated slightly differently for the same Japanese "'If one's mind is strong, the protection of the gods also is sure to be firm.'
"Errors of the True Word and Other Schools," WND II, p. 437, A quote found throughout the gosho, from Volume eight of "The Annotations on "Great Concentration and Insight" by Miao-lo.

Friday, June 23rd, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"In battles soldiers regard the general as their soul. If the general were to lose heart, his soldiers would become cowards."

(The Supremacy of the Law 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 613)
Selection source: "Myoji no Gen," 
Seikyo Shinbun, June 23rd, 2017

Saturday, June 24th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
""What drama! It makes things interesting, doesn't it? The struggle for kosen-rufu is always turbulent."

SGI Newsletter No. 9642, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 41, translation released 23rd June, 2017

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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
[KOKORO NO KATAKI NI YORITE
KAMI NO MAMORI SUNAWACHI TSUYOSHI]
GYAKUFU GA HAGESHII HODO
SHOTEN O YURIUGOKASU
TSUYOKI INORI DE TSUKISUSME!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IKUSA NIWA DAISHOGUN O TAMASHII TO SU DAISHOGUN OKUSHINUREBA TSUWAMONO OKUBYO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1219)

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