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Thursday, July 25, 2019

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 25th July 2019 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 26th July Daily Encouragement

 

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

Thursday, July 25th, 2019
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's always treasure those people 
who we have helped to form a connection
with Buddhism.
Let's continue to have 
heartfelt conversations with our friends,
acquaintances, relatives, etc..
Cheerfully and in a refreshing manner, 
let's make numerous golden
memories with them!

Thursday, July 25th, 2019
 --- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been a Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."

(The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra, Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples chapter
 - OTT, page 211)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
 Seikyo Shinbun , July 25th, 2019

Friday, July 26th, 2019
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Whether in our personal relationships, our interactions with our neighbours and those around us, or in relations between nations, everything starts from meeting, talking and getting to know one another. It's a matter of having the courage to meet and talk with others."

The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 28: Peace, Culture and Education: The Flowering of a New Humanism, 28.24 Choosing Dialogue, Peace Proposal titled "Towards a New Era of Dialogue: Humanism Explored," 30th SGI Day, Jan. 26th, 2005, from the December 2017 issue of the Daibyaku Renge, translation released June 2019..

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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
HIROGETA BUTSUEN O TAISETSU NI.
YUJIN CHIJIN SHINSEKI RATO
KOKORO KAYOU TAIWA NO KORYU O.
AKARUKU SAWAYAKANI
KIN NO OMOIDE O KIZUKO!

 --- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HAJIMETE WAGA KOKORO HONRAI NO HOTOKE NARITO SHIRU O SUNAWACHI DAIKANGI TO NAZUKU IWAYURU NANMYOHORENGEKYO WA KANKI NO NAKANO DAIKANGI NARI
(Gosho Zenshu page 788)

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