[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] Thursday Jan. 20 2022 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + Friday Jan. 21 Daily Encouragement

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

Thursday, January 20th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --

When it comes to faith and practice

continuity is what makes us strong. 

Let's unceasingly chant daimoku

with earnest resolve

and study the Writings of 

Nichiren Daishonin 

so that we can develop the

life state of a champion 

undisturbed by anything!  

Thursday, January 20th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If one rejects the use of words and letters, then how can the Buddha's work be done?"

(Letter to Renjō

 - WND, Vol. 2, page 6)
Selection Source: 

Ikeda Sensei's message, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Jan. 20th, 2022

Friday, January 21st, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"By praying before the Gohonzon, we activate the benevolent deities—the protective functions of the universe. From the perspective of Buddhism, the law of cause and effect insures that the moment we pray, we create a course for our victory, for our prayers to be answered.

"But this is not perceptible to us as ordinary people, and as a result we may have doubts and worries about whether our prayers will in fact be answered. Prayer is an ongoing battle against fundamental ignorance,* the ultimate form of delusion. Faith means having complete conviction in the indisputable law of life, even though we may not be able to perceive it directly. By chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, employing the 'strategy of the Lotus Sutra" (WND–1, 1001), we can conquer fundamental ignorance.

"If we forget about prayer and only pursue strategies or methods, we are very likely to find ourselves going in circles. Supreme victory is guaranteed when we pray with all our might as practitioners of the Lotus Sutra."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [70] Everything Begins with Prayer Infused with the Shared Vow of Mentor and Disciple,The Ongoing Battle against Fundamental Ignorance, from the February 2021 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released December 2021.

- To be continued tomorrow! And for a while…

* Fundamental ignorance: Also, fundamental darkness. The most deeply rooted illusion inherent in life, said to give rise to all other illusions. The inability to see or recognise the ultimate truth of the Mystic Law, as well as the negative impulses that arise from such ignorance. 

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SHINJIN WA JIZOKU KOSO CHIKARA DA.
SHINKEN NA INORI O TAYUMAZUNI
GOSHO O HIBI HIMOTOKO!
NANI GA ATTEMO YURUGANAI
OJA NO KYOGAI O KIZUKU TAME!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
MOSHI MONJI O HANAREBA NANI O MOTTEKA BUTSUJI TO SEN
(Gosho Zenshu page 153, New Gosho Zenshu page 762)

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