Sunday, July 23rd 2023 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + Monday, July 24th Daily Encouragement

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

Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Local community events 

are in full swing.
Let's actively get involved
and widely make friends!
The connections we make 

in our neighbourhood 

are the cornerstone 

of trust and peace of mind.

Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Unlike most people, in the course of spreading these doctrines of mine I, Nichiren, have occasion to meet with a great many persons."

(Condolences on a Deceased Husband 

- WND, Vol. 2, page 778)
Selection Source: One gosho, 

Seikyo Newspaper, July 23rd, 2023

Monday, July 24th, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'Please regard your situations as the design of the heavens' (GZ, new ed., 1936) - we should engrave these words in our hearts. 

"In other writings, too, the Daishonin teaches us that even when things don't go as hoped, we should regard it as 'the design of the heavens' (WND-2, 950), 'the workings of the ten demon daughters [guardian deities of Buddhism]* (WND-1, 824), or 'the design of Shakyamuni Buddha' (WND-1, 824).

"When Mr. Toda's businesses were on the verge of collapse, he and I regarded it as 'the design of the heavens' and faced the harsh winds of adversity head-on."

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, Faith for Absolute Victory, August 22nd, 2022 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study magazine. Translation released June 2023

* Ten demon daughters: The ten female protective deities who appear in the "Dhahrani" (26th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra as the "daughters of rakshasa demons" or the "ten rakshasa daughters." They vow to the Buddha to guard and protect the sutra's practitioners.

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
CHIIKI GYOJI GA MASSAKARI.
SEKKYOKUTEKI NI SANKA SHI
OINI YUJO O HIROGEYO!
KINRIN NO TSUNAGARI KOSO
SHINRAI TO ANSHIN NO ISHIZUE DA.

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

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
NICHIREN WA KONO HOMON O MOSHI SORAEBA TANIN NIWA NIZU OKU NO HITO NI MIETE SORAE

(New Gosho Zenshu page 2120, 

Gosho Zenshu page 1418)

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