To My Friends (Feb. 20)

A translation of SGI President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

—TO MY FRIENDS—

The solidarity of the SGI will forever grow with joy and happiness based on our perfect unity in faith. Courageously and with great enthusiasm,
let's gather all the unique strengths and talents that we each possess
for the sake of realising the great ideal of achieving kosen-rufu! *

"The Daishonin uses the term 'many in boy but one in mind' to express unity in which the individuality of each person is valued and given full play." "The ideal organisation is one in which many different people are united by the same spirit. And with this spirit as their foundation, they engage in activities as a diverse group." "The Soka Gakkai is neither held together by economic interest nor controlled by power. It is the embodiment of the essence of humanity united by the great ideal of realising the widespread propagation of the Daishonin's Buddhism, a teaching that brings the potential of the individual to shine. It is the crystallisation of profound heart-to-heart bond of trust." "Nichiren Daishonin says, 'When both oneself and others have wisdom and compassion, this is called joy.'
(Gosho Zenshu, pg 761)
(Excerpted from The World of Nichiren Daishonin's Writings, Vol. 1, p.134-156)

—DAILY GOSHO—

"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet."
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land—The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 17)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, February 20