[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] 30th Jan. 2021 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 31st Jan. Daily Encouragement

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

Saturday, January 30th, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin states,
"Put into flames, 

(a rock simply turns to ashes, but)
gold becomes pure gold."*
It's when we challenge ourselves 

against hardships and trials
that a life state 

of indestructible happiness 

is established.
Let's chant daimoku 

with strong conviction

and put our faith into action!

*Gosho: WND-1, 497

Saturday, January 30th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Life is the most precious of all treasures. Even one extra day of life is worth more than ten million ryō of gold."

(On Prolonging One's Life Span 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 955)
Selection Source: 

The Brilliance of Buddhist Philosophy, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Jan. 30th, 2021

Sunday, January 31st, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'Point 3, on the passage "If one of these good men or good women in the time after I have passed into extinction is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one person, even one phrase of it, then you should know that he or she is the envoy of the Thus Come One. He has been dispatched by the Thus Come One and carries out the Thus Come One's Work." [LSOC10, 200]

"... Each of us has been born at this particular time and place as an envoy of the Buddha. As mentor and disciples, as comrades in faith, linked by profound karmic ties, we are living our lives together dedicated to a shared noble mission.

"The passage from The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings says that, in light of the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren Daishonin and his followers who are spreading the Mystic Law in the Latter Day are the true envoys of the Buddha.

"It further states that '"Thus Come one" also refers to the living beings of the Ten Worlds and three thousand realms' (0TT, 83), indicating that we living beings are all originally Thus Come Ones; in other words, Buddhas.

"The 'envoy of the Thus Come One,' therefore, is not some special being. Anyone who has faith in the Gohonzon, chants Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and encourages others to do the same is carrying out the 'Thus Come One's work,' which makes them a genuine envoy of the Buddha."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [58] Creating a Century of Humanism in Which All Can Shine—Part 2 [0f 5], We Have All Been Born As Envoys of the Buddha, February 2020 issue of Daibyaku Renge, translation released December 2020

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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"KOGANE WA YAKEBA
SHINKIN TO NARU" GOSEIKUN.
KANNAN TO TATAKAU NAKA DE KOSO
KOFUKU KYOGAI WA KIZUKARERU.
KAKUSHIN NO INORI TO KODO O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"INOCHI TO MOSU MONO WA ISSHIN DAIICHI NO CHIMPO NARI ICHINICHI
NARITOMO KORE O NOBURU NARABA SENMAN RYO NO KOGANE NIMO SUGITARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 986)

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