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Sunday, January 30, 2022

[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] Sunday Jan. 30th, 2022 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + Monday, Jan. 31st Daily Encouragement

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

Sunday, January 30th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
No matter how much 
we're suffering right now,
there's never going to be a night 
that we won't see the dawn!
Our faith  
is the Buddhism of the Sun.
For the 
"people of daimoku 
  and perseverance",
a delightful, joyful tomorrow 
will definitely come.

Sunday, January 30th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is no doubt because of karmic forces that they became my parents, and I, their child."

(Letter to Jakunichi-bō 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 993)
Selection Source: 
Soka Gakkai member's experience, 
Seikyo Newspaper, Jan. 30th, 2022

Monday, January 31st, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"We can also accumulate benefit and good fortune from chanting daimoku, even without grasping its profound meaning, as the Daishonin tells us with the simile: 'When a baby drinks [its mother's] milk, it has no understanding of its taste, and yet its body is naturally nourished' (WND–1, 788)."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [70] Everything Begins with Prayer Infused with the Shared Vow of Mentor and Disciple, Even a Single Daimoku Brings Immeasurable Benefit, 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 --
IMA GA DONNANI KURUSHIKU TOMO
AKENAI YORU WA ZETTAI NAI!
WARERA GA TAMOTSU WA TAIYO NO BUPPO.
"DAIMOKU NO HITO" "NINTAI NO HITO" NI
KANKI NO ASHITA WA OTOZURERU.

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
FUBO TO NARI SONO KO TO NARUMO KANARAZU SHUKUJU NARI
(Gosho Zenshu page 902, New Gosho Zenshu page 1269)

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