Daily Gosho Wednesday April 9th 2025 & Daily Encouragement Thursday April 10th

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"In this defiled age, you should always talk together and never cease to pray for your next life."

(The Votary of the Lotus Sutra 

Will Meet Persecution

 - WND, Vol. 1, page 449)
Selection Source: Suntetsu, 

Seikyo Newspaper, April 9th, 2025

Thursday, April 10th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"As President Ikeda's disciples, vowing together to continue to advance kosen-rufu and our own human revolution in the unity of "many in body, one in mind," let us make May 3rd our eternal touchstone. This was President Ikeda's wish and prayer."

President Harada's speech to the Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting towards Centennial 2030, April 14th, 2024, translation released May 2nd, 2024, SGI Newsletter 11538. 

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
KAKARU JOKUSE NIWA TAGAINI TSUNENI IIAWASETE HIMAMO NAKU GOSE NEGAWASE TAMAI SORAE

New Gosho Zenshu page 1304
Gosho Zenshu page 965

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Tsukizuki Hibini 

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8th April 2025, Tuesday Daily Gosho plus 9th April, Wednesday Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated…

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Strengthen your resolve more than ever.  Ice is made of water, but it is colder than water.  Blue dye comes from indigo, but the indigo colour is better than that of the indigo plant.  The Lotus Sutra remains the same, but if you repeatedly strengthen your resolve, your colour will be better than that of others, and you will receive more blessings than they do."

("The Supremacy of the Law" 

WND-l page 615)

Source:  Suntetsu

Seikyo Newspaper: April 8th, 2025

Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"As long as you strive steadily and persistently, step by step, in a way that is true to yourself, your growth has already begun."  

Treasures of the Four Seasons, [24]  Make a Fresh Start on Your Journey of Learning!, March 1st, 2020 issue of Hope News, translation released November 2022

-- KYO NO GOSHO— 
IYOIYO GOJO NO ONKOKOROZASHI ARU BESHI.  KORI WA MIZU YORI IDETARE DOMO MIZU YORIMO SUSAMAJI.  AOKI KOTO WA AI YORI IDETARE DOMO KASANE NUREBA AI YORIMO IRO MASARU.  ONAJI HOKEKYO NITEWA OWASURE DOMO KOKOROZASHI O KASANUREBA, HITO YORI IRO MASARI RISHO MO ARU BEKI NARI."

New Gosho Zenshu page 1690,  

Gosho Zenshu page 1221

And the Japanese kanji for 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site

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Monday, 7th April 2025 Daily Gosho and Tuesday 8th April Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Monday, April 7th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Now when Nichiren and his followers chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, they are like the blowing of a great wind."

(The Emergence of the 

Treasure Tower chapter, 

OTT, page 96)
Selection Source: 

Learning the Soka Spirit in the 

Writings of Nichiren Daishonin 

-- from Ikeda Sensei's lectures, 

Seikyo Newspaper, April 7th, 2025

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"President Ikeda, visiting Kansai on May 3rd, 1980, the year after stepping down as Soka Gakkai president, declared: 'Oh, "ever-victorious sky, the sky of Kansai. Our eternal touchstone of May 3."

"And in the May edition of Daibyakurenge that same year, in an essay titled 'Our Eternal Touchstone: May 3rd,' he wrote: 'On this towering summit of kosen-rufu, May 3rd, let us with our fellow members vow to advance boldly in faith, practice and study. With gratitude for the growth, achievements and efforts of our members, I pray that May 3rd will be our eternal touchstone."

President Harada's speech to the Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting towards Centennial 2030, April 14th, 2024, translation released May 2nd, 2024, SGI Newsletter 11538. 

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
IMA NICHIREN RA NO TAGUI NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAE TATEMATSURU WA OKAZE NO FUKU GA GOTOKU NARI

New Gosho Zenshu page 1034
Gosho Zenshu page 742

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Tsukizuki Hibini 

on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site
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6th April 2025 Sunday Daily Gosho plus 7th April Monday Daily Encouragement

* Apologies for the delay, flight delays while on our spring break!...  

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Sunday, April 6th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Taking a careful look at the world today, we see that, although people declare that the Law is worthy of respect, they all express hatred for the person who upholds it. You yourself seem to be very much confused as to the source from which the Law springs. Just as all the different kinds of plants and trees come forth from the earth, so all the various teachings of the Buddha are spread by persons."

(Questions and Answers about 

  Embracing the Lotus Sutra 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 61)
Selection Source: Compass for Soaring: 

Rissho Ankoku 

- Building a Peaceful Society, 

Seikyo Newspaper, April 6th, 2025

Monday, April 7th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"'A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.' This is the theme I have reiterated for more than half a century in my novels The Human Revolution and The New Human Revolution.

"One person's drama of human revolution, transforming a winter of suffering into a spring of victory, can also usher in a brilliant spring for their family, society, land where they dwell and eventually all humanity. Therefore, by triumphing over your present problems, you will not only achieve victory in your own lives, but also contribute to the happiness and peace of others as well."

Building a Bright Future Based on Our Vow, [24]  The Lay Nun Myoichi— Walking the Great Path of Mentor and Disciple to Usher in Spring for Humanity, March 1st, 2020 issue of The Future Journal, translation released October 2022

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
TSURATSURA SEKEN O MIRU NI HO OBA TATTOSHI TO MOSEDOMO SONO HITO OBA BANNIN KORE O NIKUMU NANJI YOKUYOKU HO NO MINAMOTO NI MAYOERI IKANI TO IUNI ISSAI NO SOMOKU WA CHI YORI SHUSSHO SERI KORE O MOTTE OMOUNI ISSAI NO BUPPO MO MATA HITO NI YORITE HIROMARU BESHI

New Gosho Zenshu page 516
Gosho Zenshu page 465

And the Japanese kanji for 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site
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Daily Gosho Saturday, April 5th, 2025 Daily Encouragement Sunday April 6th

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Saturday, April 5th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Life at each moment encompasses the body and mind and the self and environment of all sentient beings in the Ten Worlds as well as all insentient beings in the three thousand realms, including plants, sky, earth and even the minutest particles of dust. Life at each moment permeates the entire realm of phenomena and is revealed in all phenomena."

(On Attaining Buddhahood 

  in This Lifetime 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 3)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, April 5th, 2025

Sunday, April 6th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Let's continue to use our creativity to innovate, while learning from the wisdom of our young people and proactively taking on board their ideas."

President Harada's speech to the Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting towards Centennial 2030, April 14th, 2024, translation released May 2nd, 2024, SGI Newsletter 11538. 

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
ISSHIN HOKAI NO MUNE TOWA JIKKAI SANZEN NO ESHO SHIKISHIN HIJO SOMOKU KOKU SETSUDO IZUREMO NOZOKAZU CHIRI MO NOKORAZU ICHINEN NO KOKORO NI OSAMETE KONO ICHINEN NO KOKORO HOKAI NI HENMAN SURU O SASHITE BANPO TOWA IUNARI

New Gosho Zenshu page 316
Gosho Zenshu page 383

And the Japanese kanji for 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site
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April 4th, Friday 2025 Daily Gosho & April 5th Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official
translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda
Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Friday, April 4th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"The heart of the Buddha's lifetime of teachings is the Lotus Sutra, and the heart of the practice of the Lotus Sutra is found in the 'Never Disparaging' chapter. What does Bodhisattva Never Disparaging's profound respect for people signify? The purpose of the appearance in this world of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his behaviour as a human being."

(The Three Kinds of Treasure 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 851)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,

Seikyo Newspaper,  April 4th, 2025

Saturday,  April 5th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"As the Daishonin says: 'Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter' (WND-1, 536). Your Buddhist practice, chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, enables you to make the causes for your growth and victory amid the harshest 'winter.' I assure you that those who continue to chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo will never become unhappy."

Building a Bright Future Based on Our Vow, [24]  The Lay Nun Myoichi— Walking the Great Path of Mentor and Disciple to Usher in Spring for Humanity, March 1st, 2020 issue of The Future Journal, translation released October 2022

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
ICHIDAI NO KANJIN WA HOKEKYO HOKEKYO NO SHUGYO NO KANJIN WA FUKYOHON
NITE SORO NARI FUKYO BOSATSU NO HITO O UYAMAISHI WA IKANARU KOTOZO
KYOSHU SHAKUSON NO SHUSSE NO HONKAI WA HITO NO FURUMAI NITE
SORAIKERUZO

New Gosho Zenshu page 1597
Gosho Zenshu page 1174

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THURSDAY, April 3rd 2025 Daily Gosho plus FRIDAY, April 4th Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"When one comes to the end of one's good fortune, no strategy whatsoever avails. When one's karmic rewards are exhausted, even one's retainers no longer follow one."

(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 1000)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, April 3rd, 2025

Friday, April 4th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Dialogue is the essential element that breathes life into our discussion meetings, home visits and personal encouragement. It embodies the fundamental Soka Gakkai spirit of treasuring each individual. In our discussion meetings, too, many districts are trying new things, through trial and error, in accord with each local community's unique situation: for example, introducing breakout groups that discuss a specific topic to encourage open discussions that give every participant an opportunity to talk."

President Harada's speech to the Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting towards Centennial 2030, April 14th, 2024, translation released May 2nd, 2024, SGI Newsletter 11538. 

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
SORE UN KIWAMARINUREBA HEIHO MO IRAZU KAHO TSUKINUREBA SHOJU MO SHITAGAWAZU

New Gosho Zenshu page 1622
Gosho Zenshu page 1192

And the Japanese kanji for 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

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2nd April Wednesday 2025 Daily Gosho + 3rd April Thursday Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated…

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Shakyamuni taught that the shallow is easy to embrace, but the profound is difficult. To discard the shallow and seek the profound is the way of a person of courage."

(On the Buddha's Prophecy 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 402)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, April 2nd, 2025

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"You may not be able to see how much you are developing during those trying "winters," but your lives are steadily moving forwards in a rhythm of ceaseless inner growth. I hope you will challenge yourselves during life's "winters" to cultivate strength and ability, polish your hearts and minds, and spread wide the wings of your dreams and ideals." 

Building a Bright Future Based on Our Vow, [24]  The Lay Nun Myoichi— Walking the Great Path of Mentor and Disciple to Usher in Spring for Humanity, March 1st, 2020 issue of The Future Journal, translation released October 2022 

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
ASAKI WA YASUKU FUKAKI WA KATASHI TOWA SHAKA NO SHOHAN NARI ASAKI O SATTE FUKAKI NI TSUKU WA JOBU NO KOKORO NARI

New Gosho Zenshu page 612
Gosho Zenshu page 509

And the Japanese kanji for 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site
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Tues. April 1st 2025 Daily Gosho & Wed. April 2nd Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated…

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Words echo the thoughts of the mind and find expression through the voice." 

("The Unanimous Declaration 

by the Buddhas of the 

Three Existences 

regarding the Classification 

of the Teachings and Which Are 

to Be Abandoned 

and Which Upheld"

WND-ll page 843)

Source:  Member's Experience in Faith

Seikyo Newspaper: April 1st, 2025

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"In recent years, there has been much discussion about the importance of 'presenting a narrative,' although this has different interpretations in various fields.

"'Narrative' and 'story' have different meanings: a story doesn't change, regardless of who is recounting it, whereas a narrative is an account of how the narrator feels while experiencing the events and the meanings they attach to them. As such, the same event can produce as many narratives as there are people involved.

"One of the characteristics of the current generation of young people is the stress they place on authenticity in their evaluation of people and organisations. In other words, they place importance on whether they feel someone is being genuine or if they have a hidden agenda.

"That's why, more than a perfectly crafted story, a narrative that reveals a person's genuine self, including their vulnerabilities and failures, while relating their unique real-life experiences, hits home for young people who value authenticity.

"With this in mind, we need to pay attention to whether the experiences and activity reports given in discussion meetings, home visits, personal encouragement and other meetings are narratives or stories. We have tended to focus heavily on results, but when we talk about the process and express our inner thoughts and feelings along the way, listeners will be able to relate to our experiences in a real sense. And even when we haven't achieved tangible results or have not yet met our original goal, there is value to be found in the challenge itself."

President Harada's speech to the Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting towards Centennial 2030, April 14th, 2024, translation released May 2nd, 2024, SGI Newsletter 11538. 

-- KYO NO GOSHO— 
KOTOBA TO YU WA, KOKORO NO OMOI O HIBIKASHITE KOE O ARAWASU O YU NARI

New Gosho Zenshu page 713,  

Gosho Zenshu page 563

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Tsukizuki Hibini 

on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site

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