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Saturday, October 31, 2020

[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] 🎃 To My Friends & Daily Gosho Oct. 31st, 2020 + Daily Encouragement Nov. 1st

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

Saturday, October 31st, 2020
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It's that time when
the sun rises later 
and the mornings become colder.
To our friends, our are uncrowned 
"Seikyo newspaper 
and SGI publications delivery teams,"
please be careful of your health 
and make safety your top priority 
each and every day!

Saturday, October 31st, 2020
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Little streams come together to form the great ocean, and tiny particles of dust accumulate to form Mount Sumeru. When I, Nichiren, first took faith in the Lotus Sutra, I was like a single drop of water or a single particle of dust in all the country of Japan. But later, when two people, three people, ten people, and eventually a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand and a million people come to recite the Lotus Sutra and transmit it to others, then they will form a Mount Sumeru of perfect enlightenment, an ocean of great nirvana."

(The Selection of the Time 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 579)
Selection Source: One Gosho, 
Seikyo Newspaper, Oct. 31st, 2020

Sunday, November 1st, 2020
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Russian author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), who underwent numerous bouts of ill health, sagely observed: 'Illness should be viewed as a natural condition of life.'* In addition, he said: 'No illness can prevent a person from what he has to do;'** and 'a person can fulfil his purpose in life equally as well in illness as in health.'***

"In other words, when we view illness as one of life's inherent sufferings, we can appreciate the true richness of the experience of being alive."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [53] Towards a Century of Health: The Wisdom for Leading a Long Life of Good Fortune and Benefit—Part 1 [of 4]. Gaining a Deeper Appreciation for Our Life and Mission, from the September 2019 issue of the Daibyaku-renge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study magazine, translation released August 2020   

* Leo Tolstoy, A Calendar of Wisdom, translated by Peter Sekirin (New York: Scribner, 1997), p.292.
** Ibid.
*** Ibid., p.132.

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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
HINODE GA OSOKU NARI
SOCHO NO SAMUSA  GA MASU JIKI.
"MUKAN NO TOMO" NO MINASAMA
DOKA TAICHO O KUZUSAZU
HIBI ANZEN DAIICHI DE!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SHURU ATSUMARITE TAIKAI TO NARU MIJIN TSUMORITE SHUMISEN TO NARERI NICHIREN GA HOKEKYO O SHINJI HAJIMESHI WA NICHONKOKU NIWA ITTAI ICHIMIJIN NO GOTOSHI HOKEKYO O NININ SANNIN JUNIN HYAKUSENMANOKUNIN TONAE TSUTAURU HODO NARABA MYOKAKU NO SHUMISEN TOMO NARI DAINEHAN NO TAIKAI TOMO NARUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 288)

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