[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] 13/2/2021 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 14/2 ❤️ Daily Encouragement

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

Saturday, February 13th, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Any severe "winter" 

definitely turns into a 

glorious "spring."
With great conviction 

in the Mystic Law in our hearts,
by encouraging one another 

as fellow members,
let's confront any trial 

or hardship that we might face 

head on!

*"Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone seen or heard of winter turning back to autumn. Nor have we ever heard of a believer in the Lotus Sutra who turned into an ordinary person. The sutra reads, 'If there are those who hear the Law, then not a one will fail to attain Buddhahood.'" 

- WND, Vol.1, page 536

Saturday, February 13th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"I, Nichiren of Awa Province, have doubtless inherited the teachings of the Law from these three teachers, and in this era of the Latter Day I work to uphold the Lotus school and disseminate the Law. Together we should be called the four teachers of the three countries."

(On the Buddha's Prophecy 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 402)
Selection Source: 

President Ikeda's guidance, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Feb. 13th, 2021

Sunday, February 14th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"At the same time, our prayers directed towards sharing Nichiren Buddhism with others are prayers that set in motion an inner transformation. They conquer the fundamental ignorance* that is the root cause of all suffering and reveal our fundamental nature of enlightenment or Dharma nature.**

"As the Daishonin states: 'The element ku [meaning "merit"] in the word kudoku [benefit]…refers to the merit achieved by wiping out evil, while the element toku or doku [meaning "virtue"] refers to the virtue one acquires by bringing about good" (0TT, 148)."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [58] Creating a Century of Humanism in Which All Can Shine—Part 2 [0f 5], The Practice for Breaking through Fundamental Ignorance,  February 2020 issue of Daibyaku Renge, translation released December 2020

* Fundamental ignorance: the most deeply rooted illusion inherent in life, said to give rise to all other illusions. The inability to see or recognise the ultimate truth of the Mystic Law, as well as the negative acts that arise from such ignorance.

** Fundamental nature of enlightenment, or Dharma nature: the unchanging nature inherent in all things and phenomena. It is identified with the fundamental Law itself, the essence of the Buddha is enlightenment, or ultimate truth and the Buddha nature inherent in life.

The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
DONNANI KIBISHII "FUYU" MO
KANARAZU EIKO NO "HARU" TO NARU.
MYOHO ENO DAIKAKUSHIN O MUNENI
DOSHI TO HAGEMASHIAI
SHIREN NI TACHIMUKAO!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ANSHU NO NICHIREN WA OSORAKUWA SANSHI NI SOJO SHI HOKKESHU O TASUKETE
MAPPO NI RUTSU SU SAN NI ICHI O KUWAETE SANGOKU SHISHI TO NAZUKU"
(Gosho Zenshu page 509)

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