🙏🏼28th April 2023🙏🏼 To My Friends & 🙏🏼Daily Gosho + 29th April 2023 Daily Encouragement

* 770th Anniversary of Nichirend Daishonin chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo 28th April ...

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

Friday, April 28th, 2023

-- TO MY FRIENDS --

The Daishonin writes,

"[The Great Teacher Miao-lo says] 

One's body and mind

at a single moment

pervade 

the entire realm of phenomena."

The power of daimoku is limitless.

Let's demonstrate the actual proof

of our human revolution

with a mighty prayer

that truly rouses 

the protective forces of the universe!

*From "The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind" WND-1, page 366

Friday, April 28th, 2023

--- DAILY GOSHO ---

Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring.

(Winter Always Turns to Spring - WND-1, page 536)

Selection Source: Kyō no Hosshin

Seikyo Newspaper 

- Friday, April 28th, 2023

Saturday, April 29th, 2023

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the novel Takasugi Shinsaku by Sohachi Yamaoka (1907-78), Takasugi Shinsaku (1839-67) [a pivotal figure who helped usher in Japan's modern era], says: 'Cheer up!... Don't let setbacks get you down. Just quickly come up with a new plan and press forwards!'*

"In our work for kosen-rufu, too, there's no need for us to be discouraged by temporary setbacks or problems. We possess great good fortune and benefit from all our efforts and daimoku.

"Let's make our motto: 'The next step is key! Let's keep pressing forwards!'" 

12th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting - video of 5th SGHLM, March 2007, January 23rd, 2023 Seikyo Newspaper, translation released April 2023

*Translated from Japanese. Sohachi Yamaoka, Takasugi Shinsaku, vol.2 (Tokyo: Kodansha, 2006), p.334. 

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --

"ISSHIN ICHINEN HŌKAI NI AMANESHI"*

DAIMOKU NO CHIKARA WA MUGEN NARI.

SHOTEN O YURI UGOKASU

GŌJŌ NA INORI O TSURANUKI

NINGEN KAKUMEI NO JISSHŌ O!

*New Gosho Zenshu page 135, 

Gosho Zenshu page 247

The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's

‪http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/‬

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---

HOKEKYŌ NO SHINZURU HITO WA FUYU NO GOTOSHI. FUYU WA KANARAZU HARU TO NARU.

(New Gosho Zenshu page 1696, 

Gosho Zenshu page 1253)

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