🎾Saturday, July 15th 2023 To My Friends & Daily Gosho🎾 + Sunday, July 16th Daily Encouragement

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

🎾Saturday, July 15th, 2023🎾
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
For the sake of building 

the eternal unbreakable happiness 

of both ourselves and others,
let's exert ourselves in the 

two ways of practice and study!*
Let's establish a strong self 

that never is defeated by anything!

*"Exert yourself in the two ways of practice and study. Without practice and study, there can be no Buddhism. You must not only persevere yourself; you must also teach others. Both practice and study arise from faith. Teach others to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase." 

- "The True Aspect of All Phenomena" 

(WND, Vol.1, page 386)

Saturday, July 15th, 2023
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Now, when Nichiren and his followers chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, they are revealing that the phantom city is none other than the treasure land. These mountain valleys and broad plains where we live are all, every one of them, treasure lands of Eternally Tranquil Light."

(The Parable of the Phantom City chapter

 - OTT, page 77)
Selection Source: 

Learning from Ikeda Sensei's lectures, 

Seikyo Newspaper, July 15th, 2023

Sunday, July 16th, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Because of the unprecedented challenges of the times, the Buddhist wisdom of the Middle Way--as embodied in respect for life and human dignity and the importance of creating value-shines brighter than ever."

Headquarters Leaders Meeting Message, Seikyo Newspaper July 10th, 2023 translation released July 11th, 2023. SGI Newsletter 11301.

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
EIEN NI KUZURENAI
JITA TOMONO KOFUKU KIZUKU TAMA
GYOGAKU NO NIDO NI HAGEMO!
NANIMONO NIMO MAKENAI
TSUYOKI JIKO NO KAKURITSU O!

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

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
IMA NICHIREN TO NO TAGUI NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAE TATEMATSURU MONO WA KEJO SOKU HOSHO NARI WARERA GA KOJU NO SENGOKU KOYA MINA KAIJO JAKKO NO HOSHO NARI UNNUN

(New Gosho Zenshu page 1024, 

Gosho Zenshu page 734)

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