💐Sun. April 23rd, 2023 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + Mon. April 24th Daily Encouragement🌹

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

🌹Sunday, April 23rd, 2023💐
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"Be diligent in developing your faith
until the last moment of your life."*
A vow is so called "a vow" 

only when it is fulfilled!
Chanting strong powerful daimoku 

with perseverance,
let's continue to dash on, 

to the very last moment 

without any regrets!

*"Letter to Niike" (WND, Vol.1, page 1027)

Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Carry through with your faith in the Lotus Sutra. You cannot strike fire from flint if you stop halfway."

(Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 317)
Selection Source: Buddhist study, 

Seikyo Newspaper, April 23rd, 2023

Monday, April 24th, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Faith means putting ones trust in the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni, Many Treasures, the Buddhas and bodhisattvas of the ten directions, the heavenly guards and benevolent deities and chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo" (WND–1, 1036).

"In prayer, simply express your thoughts and feelings, just as they are to the Gohonzon. Put your trust in the Gohonzon—in other words, pray wholeheartedly with absolute conviction in its boundless and immeasurable benefits." 

The New Human Revolution--Vol. 28, Great Path 35, translation released April 2023

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"HAJIME YORI OWARI MADE,
IYOIYO SHINJIN O" GOSEIKUN.
CHIKAI WA HATASHITE KOSO!
SHUNEN NO INORI MO TSUYOKU
KUI NAKU HASHIRI NUKO!

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

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
HOKEKYO NO SHINJIN O TOSHI TAMAE HI O KIRU NI YASUMI NUREBA HI O EZU
(New Gosho Zenshu page 1522, 

Gosho Zenshu page 1117)

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