[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Feb. 22nd, 2023 + Daily Encouragement Feb. 23rd

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

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
If we take action, 

simultaneously a transformation begins
and a new world unfolds.

Today again, 

cheerfully and with enthusiasm,
let's engage in 

numerous dialogues 

with courage and passion!

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"For example, if one lights a fire for others, one will brighten one's own way."

(On the Three Virtues of Food 

- WND, Vol. 2, page 1060)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Feb. 22nd, 2023

Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) once said:

"'It is a great folly to hope that other men will harmonise with us…. For it is in conflict with natures opposed to his own that a man must collect his strength to fight his way through; and thus all our different sides are brought out and developed, so that we soon feel ourselves a match for every foe.*

"Those who make the effort to engage in dialogue with as many people as possible are victors in life. Our victory is determined by how much energy we put into caring for and supporting others. The more we form solid connections with diverse individuals and inspire them to work for kosen-rufu, the greater our own victory." 

11th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting, Exerts from Ikeda Sensei's speech at the 13th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, July 9th, 1997, translated from the November 22nd, 2022 issue of Seikyo Newspaper, translation released February 2023.

* Johann Peter Eckerman, Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckerman, translated by John Oxenford and edited by J.K. Morehead (New York: Da Capo Press, 1998), p.59. 

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KODO O OKOSEBA
HENKAKU ENO KAITEN GA HAJIMARU.
ARATANA SEKAI GA HIROGARU.
SA KYO MO HOGARAKANI
YUKI TO JONETSU NO TAIWA O!

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

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
TATOEBA HITO NO TAMENI HI O TOMOSEBA WAGA MAE AKIRAKANARU GA GOTOSHI

(New Gosho Zenshu page 2156, 

Gosho Zenshu page 1598)

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