20th July 2023 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 21st July Daily Encouragement

* Some of the team will be moving from Japan to the UK for the "summer" hols., there therefore might be some delay in posting Friday and Saturday editions. Our apologies in advance! 

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

Thursday, July 20th, 2023
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Beware of summer fatigue!
By eating well, getting enough sleep,
exercising during cooler hours, etc,
let's wisely live each day 

and maintain our good health.
Let's spend this summer cheerfully

 by beating the heat!

Thursday, July 20th, 2023
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"If a person cannot manage to cross a moat ten feet wide, how can he cross one that is a hundred or two hundred feet?"

(The Actions of the 

Votary of the Lotus Sutra 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 766)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, July 20th, 2023

Friday, July 21st, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The strength of our faith ultimately determines the power of the protective functions. That makes it crucial to recognise devilish functions for what they are, defeat them, and move the protective functions into action through resolute daimoku.

"Mr. Toda explained this in an easily accessible way:

"'Our life force is the source of happiness, of leading a happy life…. If your life force is only strong enough to handle problems in your family, for example, you'll be fine in that realm, but it won't be strong enough to deal with issues in your neighbourhood or community. And even if you can resolve problems in your neighbourhood or community, you'll be at a loss if you lack the lite force to deal with such major issues as the sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death, or natural disasters, and as a result you'll become un-happy.'*

Mr. Toda concluded that only by bringing forth a life force as boundless as the universe can we remain unhindered in relation to all phenomena in the universe and confidently make our way through life."**

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [88] Faith is the Compass for Victory in Life—Courageously and Cheerfully Sailing the Course to Happiness, Freeing All People from Suffering, August 22nd, 2022 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study magazine. Translation released June 2023

* Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Josei Zenshu (Collected Writings of Josei Toda), vol.3 (Tokyo: Seikyo Shinbunsha. 1983), pp.39-40.

** Ibid., p. 40.   

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
NATSUBATE NI KEIKAI!
JUBUNNA SHOKUJI SUIMIN
SUZUSHII JIKAN NO UNDO NADO
KASHIKOKU KENZENNA SEIKATSU O.
ATSUSA NI MAKEZU KAIKATSU NI!

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

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
JUJO NO HORI O KOENU MONO JUJO NIJUJO NO HORI O KOU BEKIKA

(New Gosho Zenshu page 1229, 

Gosho Zenshu page 912)

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