[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] Feb. 8th, 2023 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + Feb. 9th Daily Encouragement

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

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Don't let time slip by.
Let's do what we need to do 

right now.
Herein lies the vital cause 

for progress.
Bringing forth wisdom 

by chanting daimoku 

with unwavering faith,
let's take the necessary action 

at lightning speed!

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"However disagreeable it may be to you, you should associate with them amicably."

(The Three Kinds of Treasure 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 849)
Selection Source: 

Learning from Ikeda Sensei's guidance, 

Seikyo Newspaper, February 8th, 2023

Thursday, February 9th, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"During our historic February Campaign of Kamata Chapter [in 1952], braving cold winds, praying and exerting ourselves tirelessly, we reached out widely to those around us to share and spread Nichiren Buddhism.

"A passage from Nichiren Daishonin's treatise 'The Selection of the Time' that we read together moved and inspired us deeply: 'Those concerned about their next life would do better to be common people in this, the Latter Day of the Law, than to be mighty rulers, during the two thousand years of the Former and Middle Days of the Law' (WND–1, 544).

"It is a far greater honour to dedicate our lives to kosen-rufu—chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and voluntarily taking on hardships for that cause—as unheralded 'common people' in this corrupt age than to be 'mighty rulers' in the most glorious era." 

February Editorial of the monthly study journal Daibyaku Renge 2023, You Are All Courageous Champions, translation released January 18th, 2023

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"TOKI" O NOGASAZU
IMA NASUBEKI KOTO O NASU.
KOKONI HATTEN NO IN GA ARU.
TSUYOKI INORI DE CHIE O WAKASE
DENKO SEKKA DE TE O UTO!

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

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
IKANI KOKORO NI AWANU KOTO ARITOMO KATARAI TAMAE

(New Gosho Zenshu page 1594, 

Gosho Zenshu page 1172)

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