[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] 21st Nov. 2020 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 22nd Nov. Daily Encouragement

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

Saturday, November 21st, 2020
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To have a day based on creating value 

  and to take one step forwards 

   in our human revolution,
starts with deep profound chanting!
Gongyo and daimoku are 

the very heart of this faith and practice.
Let's do both seriously and earnestly!

Saturday, November 21st, 2020
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain—as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honour than to live to 120 and die in disgrace."

(The Three Kinds of Treasure 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 851)
Selection Source: "One Gosho," 

Seikyo Newspaper, Nov. 21st, 2020

Sunday, November 22nd, 2020
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Hope is a precious treasure for life. Courage is a driving force for victory.

"Nichiren Daishonin teaches us how to powerfully, positively, and wisely draw forth the hope and courage we need to face life's challenges.

"He writes: 'The moon shines more brightly around dawn than it does in the early evening, and is more luminous in autumn and winter than in spring and summer. In a similar fashion, the Lotus Sutra is even more effective in bringing benefit to living beings in the Latter Day of the Law than it is during the two thousand years that make up the Former and Middle Days of the Law' (WND-1, 94).

"The moon shines its brightest at the darkest hour just before the dawn and in the cold, clear skies of autumn and winter. In the same way, the benefits of the Mystic Law shine their brightest in the Latter Day of the Law, when the darkness of human suffering is its deepest, the Daishonin says.

"As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage throughout the world and uncertainty shrouds the future, the members of our Soka family are chanting tirelessly and encouraging others unstintingly. They are imparting the light of hope and courage to one person after another—to friends, fellow members, and others around them. They are rising to the challenge and carrying out their great mission, wisely putting the principles of Buddhism into practice in society and daily life."

Our Brilliant Human revolution, Seikyo Newspaper Nov. 16th, 2020, translation released Nov. 18th, 2020, SGI Newsletter No.10642

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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KACHI SOZO NO ICHINICHI MO
NINGEN KAKUMEI NO IPPO MO
SUBETE WA FUKAKI INORI KARA!
SHINJIN NO KIHON DE ARU
GONGYO SHODAI O SHINKEN NI!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"JINSHIN WA UKEGATASHI TSUME NO UENO TSUCHI JINSHIN WA TAMOCHIGATASHI KUSA NO UENO TSUYU HYAKUNIJU MADE TAMOCHITE NA O KUTASHITE SHISEN YORIWA IKITE ICHINICHI NARITOMO NA O AGEN KOTOKOSO TAISETSU NARE"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1173)

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