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Sunday, February 10, 2019

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 10th Feb. 2019 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 11th Feb. Daily Encouragement

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

Sunday, February 10th, 2019
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin promises,
"Those who are imbued with

the Lotus Sutra

will invariably become Buddhas."*
Let's engrave The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

in our hearts
and continue to chant daimoku no matter what!
Together,

let's exert ourselves in the two ways of practice and study.

*Gosho - WND-2, page 675

Sunday, February 10th, 2019
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Buddhism is like the body, and society like the shadow. When the body bends, so does the shadow."

(A Comparison of the Lotus and Other Sutras

- WND, Vol. 1, page 1039)
Selection Source:

"Kyo no Hosshin",

Seikyo Shimbun, Feb. 10th, 2019

Monday, February 11th, 2019
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin also teaches that individuals who repay with ingratitude the kindness of those who have helped and supported them will be subjected to the strict workings of the law of cause and effect. Understanding and repaying debts of gratitude is the essence of what makes us human."

The Buddhism of the Sun - Illuminating the World, [36] To My Dear Friends of the Youth Division - Part 4 [of 5], Humanism - Action Based on Gratitude is the Essence of Nichiren Buddhism, The Profound and Solemn Mentor-Disciple Relationship, April 2018 Daibyaku-renge, translation released January 2019

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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"HOKEKYO NI SOMERARE TATEMATSUREBA
KANARAZU HOTOKE NI NARU"
GOSHO O SHINKAN NI SOME
DAIMOKU O TONAE NUKO!
GYOGAKU NO NIDO O TOMODOMO NI!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"BUPPO WA TAI NO GOTOSHI SEKEN WA KAGE NO GOTOSHI TAI MAGAREBA KAGE NANAME NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 992)

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