Daily Encouragement - 12 July 2011

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Tuesday, July 12, 2011    I imagine that some of you have family members who are not yet practicing Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism. There is no need to be impatient or to agonize over this. Whether people take faith has to do with their mystic connection with Buddhism, which takes a variety of different forms. Important is the presence of one person who is practicing. One person's attainment of Buddhahood brings happiness to family members and relatives and all those around him or her. When a single sun rises, everything is illuminated.        From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Tuesday, July 12, 2011   When I think that I will surely eradicate these karmic impediments and in the future go to the pure land of Eagle Peak, though various grave persecutions fall on me like rain and boil up like clouds, since they are for the sake of the Lotus Sutra, even these sufferings do not seem like sufferings at all.   The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 191 The Origin of the Service for Deceased Ancestors Written to Shijo Kingo on July 12, 1271       Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda Tuesday, July 12, 2011   No one can better bask in summer's balm than those who have endured winter's bite. Similarly, it is those who have suffered through life's darkest hours who are able to truly savour the bright dawn of happiness. The person who has transformed the worst of fate into the best of fortune is life's champion.      Sensei on Human Relationships - Words of Wisdom   To the extent that we love others, we will be loved. To the extent that we work for others' happiness, we will enjoy protection and support. This is the law of cause and effect.