Daily Encouragement - 28 July 2011

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Thursday, July 28, 2011   Life is a process of ongoing challenge. Those who lead lives of boundless challenge realize boundless growth. In a time of tumultuous change, what people need most is the vitality to challenge their circumstances and the wisdom to open the treasure-house of knowledge and to ceaselessly strive to create new value.         From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Thursday, July 28, 2011   Since I have realized that only the Lotus Sutra teaches the attainment of Buddhahood by women, and that only the Lotus is the sutra of true requital for repaying the kindness of our mother, in order to repay my debt to my mother, I have vowed to enable all women to chant the daimoku of this sutra.   The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 931 The Sutra of True Requital Written to the lay nun Sennichi on July 28, 1278      Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda Thursday, July 28, 2011   The Buddha's compassion is perfectly equal and impartial. The Buddha views all beings as his own children and strives to elevate them to attain his same enlightened state of life. It's not that there are no differences among people. Rather, it's that the Buddha, while fully recognizing people's differences, does not discriminate among them.     Sensei on Success - Words of Wisdom   The seeds of firm conviction already contain within them the flowers and fruits of happiness. But if we plant the seeds of self-doubt, naturally, only noxious weeds will sprout.