[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] 20th March 2021 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 21st March Daily Encouragement

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

Saturday, March 20th, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin teaches,
"The four debts of gratitude 

  of Buddhism (include)
(1) the debt of gratitude to be paid 

 to one's father and mother.."*
All of our dedicated and devoted 

efforts towards achieving kosen-rufu
are the best possible way 

we can give back to our parents.
Let's live out our lives 

brimming with gratitude 

for all the people 

who have supported us!

*Gosho: WND, Vol. 2, page 636

Saturday, March 20th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body, and the treasures of the heart are the most valuable of all."

(The Three Kinds of Treasure 

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

Soka Gakkai YWD member's experience, 

Seikyo Newspaper, March 20th, 2021

Sunday, March 21st, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Those who embrace the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra [Nam-myoho-renge-kyo]…will enjoy the happiness of the wisdom king Craving-Filled and the good fortune of the heavenly king Vaishravana. Wherever your daughter may frolic or play, no harm will come to her; she will move about without fear like the lion king.

- From 'Reply to Kyo'o' 

(WND-1, 412). 

"Nichiren Daishonin sent these words to a couple struggling with the illness of their infant daughter Kyo'o. He reassures them that as long as one strives with courageous faith, one will not be defeated by illness and can transform even misfortune into fortune.

"Faith in the Mystic Law enables us to attain a boundless life state in which we can 'enjoy ourselves at ease' (cf.LSOC16, 272). We can 'move about without fear like the lion king,' come what may. The key to doing so is chanting the lions roar of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

"As members of the Soka family, let us continue confidently forging ahead together with the fearless heart of the lion king!"

Engraving the Daishonin's Writings In Our Hearts, [84] Forge Ahead Fearlessly, Come What May, translated from the October 30th, 2020, issue of the Seikyo Newspaper, released February 2021  

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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"BUKKYO NO SHION TOWA
ICHI NIWA FUBO NO ON"
KOFU NI HAGEMU KOTO GA
SAIKO NO OYA KOKO TO NARU.
HO ON NO JINSEI O AYUMO!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KURA NO TAKARA YORIMO MI NO TAKARA SUGURETARI MI NO TAKARA YORI KOKORO NO TAKARA DAIICHI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1173)

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