This Week and This Month's Event Calendars: [SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] Oct. 18th, 2018 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + Oct. 19th Daily Encouragement

Thursday, October 18, 2018

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] Oct. 18th, 2018 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + Oct. 19th Daily Encouragement

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

Thursday, October 18th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"When one faces a mirror
and makes a bow of obeisance:
the image in the mirror likewise
makes a bow of obeisance to oneself."*

When we have respect for others

in our conversations with them,
our Buddha nature manifests itself.
Let's advance along this great path
of happiness for ourselves and others!

*Gosho - OTT, page 165

Thursday, October 18th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If one's heavy karma from the past is not expiated within this lifetime, one must undergo the sufferings of hell in the future, but if one experiences extreme hardship in this life [because of the Lotus Sutra], the sufferings of hell will vanish instantly."

(Lessening One's Karmic Retribution
- WND, Vol. 1, page 199)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, October 18th, 2018

Friday, October 19th, 2018

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----

"The devilish nature lurking in the depths of human life manifests itself in discrimination and oppression based on ethnic, ideological and religious differences, and is found at work in the human heart that accepts and condones such discrimination and oppression. Battling this devilish nature is the mission of practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism.

"…Kosen-rufu is a process of building and expanding solidarity for human rights."

The New Human Revolution—Vol.30, Vow 89, translation released September 2018

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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --

"KAGAMI NI RAIHAI SUREBA
UTSURU SUGATA NI RAIHAI SARERU"
AITE O UYMAU TAIWA WA
WAGA BUSSHO O KUNPATSU SURU..
JITA TOMONO KOFUKU NO DAIDO O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---

"SENGO NO OMOKI KONJO NI TSUKIZU SHITE MIRAI NI JIGOKU NO KU O UKUBEKIGA KONJO NI KAKARU JUKU NI AISORAEBA JIGOKU NO KURUSHIMI PATTO KIETE"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1000)

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