[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Oct. 30th, 2021 plus Daily Encouragement Oct. 31st 🎃

* Yesterday's Daily Encouragement was missing the details that it came from the December 2020 issue of the Daibyaku-renge Monthly Study Journal. Our apologies... 

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

Saturday, October 30th, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin states,
"It is better to live 

a single day with honour
(than to live 120 

and die with disgrace)."*
In order to fulfil the vow

that we have made ourselves,
let's challenge this day  

that will never come again, 

leaving behind no regrets!

*WND, Vol.1, page 851
The Three Kinds of Treasure 

Saturday, October 30th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet."

(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 17)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin," 

Seikyo Newspaper, Oct. 30th, 2021

Sunday, October 31st, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---- 
"'The Venerable Maudgalyayana [one of the Buddha's 10 major disciples] put his faith in the Lotus Sutra, which is the greatest good there is, and thus not only did he himself attain Buddhahood, but his father and mother did so as well. And, amazing as it may seem, all the fathers and mothers of the preceding seven generations and the seven generations that followed, indeed, of countless lifetimes before and after, were able to become Buddhas.'

– From 'On Offerings for Deceased Ancestors' (WND–1, 820).

"The power of the Mystic Law transcends time and space. The brilliant light of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo reaches our deceased loved ones, relieving their suffering and imparting joy, and guides them unfailingly towards Buddhahood. We can even repay debts of gratitude to the deceased that we were unable to while they were alive.

"Based on the oneness of life and death, our daily Soka Gakkai activities—chanting for the happiness of our friends and contributing to the peace and security of society—serve as the greatest possible offerings we can make to the deceased. We can enfold family members of past generations in the good fortune and benefit we receive through our Buddhist practice and also illuminate the lives of family members of generations yet to come."

Spreading the Brilliant Light of the Daishonin's Writings, [48] Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo Is the Greatest Offering for the Deceased, Aug. 9th, 2021 issue of the Seikyo Newspaper, translation released October 2021.  

   

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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"ICHINICHI NARITOMO NA O
AGEN KOTO KOSO TAISETSU NARE"
MIZUKARA NO SEIGAN O HATASU TAME
NIDO TO KONAI "KYO" O
KUI NAKU TATAKAI NUKO!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
SOYO KIBI NI FUSHITE BANRI O WATARI HEKIRA SHOTO NI KAKARITE SENJIN O NOBU
(Gosho Zenshu page 26)

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