Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 01 October 2011

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Saturay, October 1, 2011   I hope that leaders will earnestly pray for the prosperity, safety and happiness of the members who are all so infinitely noble and praiseworthy. May you also never forget to develop yourselves and pray to become people who are liked and trusted by the members, who can work unstintingly for the members' happiness and well-being.      From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Saturay, October 1, 2011   I do not know whether these trials equal or surpass those of the Buddha. Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, T'ien-t'ai, and Dengyo, however, cannot compare with me in what they suffered. Had it not been for the advent of Nichiren in the Latter Day of the Law, the Buddha would have been a teller of great lies, and the testimony given by Many Treasures and by the Buddhas of the ten directions would have been false. In the 2,230 and more years since the Buddha's passing, Nichiren is the only person in the entire land of Jambudvipa who has fulfilled the Buddha's words.   The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 997 On Persecutions Befalling the Sage Written to all followers (and entrusted to Shijo Kingo on October 1, 1279)      Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda Saturay, October 1, 2011   Time is constantly passing, one moment following fast upon the other. That's why it's so important to press forward boldly, without complaining or fretting. The person who looks to the future and keeps moving ahead is eternally youthful. Such a person's heart is filled with flowers and shines brilliantly.     Sensei on Creativity - Words of Wisdom   Great art is created only through diligent and painstaking effort to perfect and polish oneself.