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Thursday, January 27, 2022

[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] 27th January 2022 To My Friends & Daily Gosho plus 28th January Daily Encouragement

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

Thursday, January 27th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Failure is not defeat.
It's indeed proof of our progress!
Through learning from our failures, 
picking ourselves up again
and 
continually challenging ourselves 
over and over again,
a glorious come-from-behind victory 
is born.

Thursday, January 27th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
The first shi of the word shishi, or "lion" [which means "teacher"], is the Wonderful Law that is passed on by the teacher. The second shi [which means "child"] is the Wonderful Law as it is received by the disciples. The "roar" is the sound of the teacher and the disciples chanting in unison. The verb sa, "to make" or "to roar," should here be understood to mean to initiate or to put forth.

(Encouraging Devotion chapter
 - OTT, page 111)
Selection Source: 
Ikeda Sensei's message, 
Seikyo Newspaper, Jan. 27th, 2022

Friday, January 28th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Every wish, thought, or prayer we express before the Gohonzon will be accepted and enfolded in the boundless compassion of Buddhahood. Let's chant openly and honestly, 'regarding both suffering and joy as facts of life' (cf. WND–1, 681). When our hearts are full of pain or sorrow, let's put those feelings, just as they are, into our daimoku. Let's chant with unwavering faith in the power of the Mystic Law, just 'as parents refuse to abandon their children, or as a child refuses to leave its mother' (WND–1, 1036)."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [70] Everything Begins with Prayer Infused with the Shared Vow of Mentor and Disciple, Our Good Fortune in Encountering the Mystic Law, from the February 2021 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released December 2021.
- To be continued tomorrow! And for a while…


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

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SHIPPAI WA HAIBOKU DEWA NAI.
ZENSHIN SHITE IRU SHOKO DA!
SOKOKARA MANABI TACHIAGARI
NANDO MO IDOMI TSUZUKERU NAKADE
EIKO NO GYAKUTEN GEKI GA UMARERU.

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
SHI TOWA SHISHO SAZUKURU TOKORO NO MYOHO SHI TOWA DESHI UKURU TOKORO NO MYOHO KU TOWA SHITEI TOMONI TONAURU TOKORO NO ONJO NARI SA TOWA OKORU TO YOMU NARI
(Gosho Zenshu page 748, New Gosho Zenshu page 1043)

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