Re: [sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] 13th March 2021 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 14th March Daily Encouragement

Yep, sure is a pertinent one! 

Our team of translators is getting better and better at translating them IF I am allowed to say that! 

Thx for the very valuable feedback Danny! It is VERY much appreciated! Seriously! 

S-j

On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 8:19, Scobie-john Le May-Grellan <sjlmg28@gmail.com> wrote:

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

Saturday, March 13th 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's be the first one 

 to make the move!
Setting an example worth following,
 by challenging ourselves, 

  Is certain to inspire others.
Let's share our conviction and joy
 through our own practice 

  and study of this Buddhism!

Saturday, March 13th 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Because the Buddha's mind is an excellent mind, persons who read this sutra, even though they may not understand its meaning, will gain inestimable benefit."

(The Bodies and Minds of Ordinary Beings 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 1128)
Selection Source: "Suntetsu," 

Seikyo Newspaper, March 13th 2021

Sunday, March 14th 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'When the skies are clear, the ground is illuminated. Similarly, when one knows the Lotus Sutra, one understands the meaning of all worldly affairs" (WND – !, 376).

"Since embracing faith in Nichiren Buddhism, Mr. Makiguchi cherished this passage and strove to illuminate the darkness of troubled times with the light of the Daishonin's Buddhism of the sun.

"His passionate call to "be a person of courage and determination who takes active steps for good"* is the starting point of the Soka Gakkai spirit."

Constructing the New Era, Challenge Forge and Strengthen Our Lives, Seikyo Newspaper Nov. 24th, 2020, translation released February 2021  

* Translated from Japanese. Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, Makiguchi Tsunesaburo Zenshu (Collected Works of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi), vol.6 (Tokyo Daisanbunmei-sha, 1983), p. 180.  

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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
MAZU MIZUKARA GA UGOKO!
SOSSEN SUIHAN NO CHOSEN GA
TOMO O KOBU SURU.
WAGA GYOGAKU NO JISSEN O TOSHI
KAKUSHIN TO KANKI O KATARO!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HOTOKE NO MIKOKORO WA YOKI KOKORO NARU YUENI TATOI SHIRAZARU HITO MO KONO KYO O YOMITATEMATSUREBA RIYAKU HAKARI NASHI"
- (Gosho Zenshu page 1591)

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