[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] Wed. 5th Oct. 2022 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + Thurs. 6th Oct. Daily Encouragement

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

Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's encourage all those who are 

challenging the upcoming
Buddhist study introductory exam, 

giving them all our full support!
The practice of 

learning Buddhism together 

and making use of it in daily life 

becomes the foundation 

on which to build a victorious life.

Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials of millions of kalpas, then instant after instant there will arise in us the three Buddha bodies with which we are eternally endowed. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a 'diligent" practice.'"

(The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra 

- OTT, page 214)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Oct. 5th, 2022

Thursday, October 5th, 2022
-- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT --
The Daishonin declares: 'But still I am not discouraged' (WND–1, 748). This means that even in the face of great adversity, we determine to fight on resolutely without fear and to not give in to defeat. We keep challenging ourselves in spite of everything, refusing to retreat a single step. This is the Soka Gakkai spirit we learned from Presidents Makiguchi and Toda.

"The same spirit is crucial in our efforts to transform our karma. We must recognise that the three obstacles and four devils* are at work, confronting them with the lion's roar of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and not letting them sway or intimidate us. This is the key to 'lessening karmic retribution'** and leading winning lives by changing poison into medicine. Countless members have demonstrated this since the Soka Gakkai's earliest days." 

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [78] Advancing on the Great Path of Kosen-rufu with Unwavering Lifelong Courage, The Fearless resolve to Fight On amid Adversity, October 2021 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released July 2022.

* Three obstacles and four devils: Various obstacles and hindrances to the practice of Buddhism. The three obstacles are (1) the obstacle of earthly desires, (2) the obstacle of karma and (3) the obstacle of retribution. The four devils are (1) the hindrance of the five components, (2) the hindrance of earthly desires, (3) the hindrance of death and (4) the hindrance of the devil king. 

** Lessening karmic retribution: This term, which literally means, "transforming the heavy and receiving it lightly," appears in the Nirvana sutra. "Heavy" indicates negative karma accumulated over countless life times in the past. As a benefit of protecting the correct teaching of Buddhism, we can experience relatively light karmic retribution in this lifetime, thereby expiating heavy karma that ordinarily would adversely affect us not only in this lifetime, but over many life times to come. 

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
NINYO SHIKEN NI IDOMU JUKENSHA O
SAIDAI NI HAGEMASHITE IKO!
BUPPO O MINA DE MANABIAI
SEIKATSU NI IKASU JISSEN KOSO
JINSEI SHORI NO KIBAN TO NARU.

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

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
ICHINEN NI OKUGO NO SHINRO O TSUKUSEBA HONRAI MUSANO SANJIN NENNEN NI OKORU NARI IWAYURU NANMYOHORENGEKYO WA SHOJINGYO NARI

(New Gosho Zenshu page 1099, 

Gosho Zenshu page 790)

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