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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] 24th Nov. 2020 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 25th Nov. Daily Encouragement

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

Tuesday, November 24th, 2020
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Instead of taking a passive attitude,
let's challenge to have a more positive 
proactive way of thinking!
"All right! I'll show that I can do it."
Resolutely determined 
to always be the initiator, 
no matter what,
let's progressively advance 
the cause for kosen-rufu!

Tuesday, November 24th, 2020
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When the skies are clear, the ground is illuminated.  Similarly, when one knows the Lotus Sutra, one understands the meaning of all worldly affairs."

("The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind Established in the Fifth Five-Hundred-Year  Period after the Thus Come One's Passing", 
WND-l page 376) 
Selection Source:  
SGI President Ikeda's Encouragement
Seikyo Newspaper:  Nov. 24th, 2020

Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948), the father of Indian independence, was jailed on numerous occasions during the nonviolent, civil disobedience movement he led to liberate the Indian people from colonial oppression. He was imprisoned for his role in the famous Salt March in 1930—the same year, incidentally, that the Soka Gakkai was founded.

"While in jail, Gandhi wrote to one of his followers about the importance of a vow: 'A vow means unflinching determination. . . . To do at any cost something that one ought to do constitutes a vow. It becomes a bulwark of strength.'*"

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

* Mohandas K. Gandhi, Vows and Observances, edited by John Strohmeier (Berkeley, California: Berkeley Hills Books, 1999), pp. 148–49.

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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
UKEMI NO SHISEI DEWA NAKU
JIHATSU NODO NO CHŌSEN O!
"YOSHI!  YATTE MISERU"
TSUNENI SHUTAISHA NO KAKUGO DE
KŌFU KAKUDAI O SUSUMEYŌ!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TEN HARENUREBA CHI AKIRAKA NARI HOKKE O SHIRU MONO WA SEHŌ O UBEKIKA."

("NYORAI METSUGO GOGOHYAKUSAI NI HAJIMU KANJIN NO HONZON SHO", 
Gosho Zenshu page 254)

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