Excerpts from Editorial for Nov/Dec 2023 No. 2, Daily Gosho Nov. 24th & Daily Encouragement Nov. 24th

* No new news on the continuation or replacement of "To My Friends," the spot in the Seikyo Newspaper still remains open. We shall see and when we know anything we wil let you know!

** In the mean time, until we have any news, we'd like to continue to share excerpts with you of the very last editorial Ikeda Sensei  wrote which appears in most SGI publications as the editorial for December of this year, you may already have it!

Friday, November 24th, 2023

-- Editorial for November/December 2023 --

Exert 2

"Our first president, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, asserted that by demonstrating the benefit of practising Nichiren Buddhism, we of the Soka Gakkai have made it possible for anyone to easily grasp the supreme law for living our lives that all humanity yearns for—that is, the Mystic Law for attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime. He then declared that we will never stop making efforts until we have shared its benefit with everyone and helped them attain unsurpassed happiness.*"

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* Translated from Japanese. See Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, Makiguchi Tsunesaburo zenshu (Collected Writings of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi), vol. 10 (Tokyo: Daisanbunmei-sha, 1987), 

p. 27.  

Friday, November 24th, 2023

--- DAILY GOSHO ---

The sutra's statement, "Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers," cannot be false in any way.

(The Heritage of the 

Ultimate Law of Life 

- WND-1, page 217)

Selection Source: 

President Harada's Memorial Speech

Seikyo Newspaper 

- Friday, November 24th, 2023

Saturday, November 25th, 2023

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----

"'Teach others to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase' (WND-1, 386). We have engraved these golden words of Nichiren Daishonin deep in our hearts. Propagation—spreading the teachings—is the life of religion.

"Discussing religion, the renowned British historian Arnold Toynbee wrote: 'The more important something seems to a human being to be, the more eager they are to share it with their fellows.'!

"Religion is part of human history. Whatever the society or culture, it has never been solely a personal matter but has been shared with and spread to others. It has been passed down through the ages and transmitted over great distances, surviving countless hardships. Professor Toynbee accurately perceived a powerful human impulse driving the spread of religion."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, Key Passages from The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, [1] Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Hold High the Banner of Respect for the Dignity of Life! Share the Great Path of the Buddhism of the People! Daibyakurenge, November 2022, translation released October 2023.   

--- KYO NO GOSHO —

"ZAIZAI SHOBUTSU DO, JŌYO SHI KUSHO (ITARU TOKORO NO SHOBUTSU NO DO NI, TSUNE NI SHI TO TOMO NI SHŌZU)", YOMO SORAGOTO SŌRAWAJI

New Gosho Zenshu page 1776, 

Gosho Zenshu page 1338

https://www.seikyoonline.com/article/E72541F369BEF2795539D3CBF3A72C4C

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