Saturday, 29 October 2011

Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 29 October 2011

  
Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, October 29, 2011

 
Gongyo is a practice that calls forth and activates the infinite power that the microcosm inherently possesses. It transforms your fate, breaks through any apparent dead ends and converts sufferings into happiness. It creates a transformation, a revolution of the microcosm. It is a diagram in miniature of kosen-rufu in our lives.
 
 

  
 
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, October 29, 2011

 
If a boat is handled by an unskilled steersman, it may capsize and drown everyone aboard. Likewise, though someone may have great physical strength, if he lacks a resolute spirit, even his many abilities will be of no use.
 
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 614
The Supremacy of the Law 
Written to Oto and her mother, Nichimyo, on August 4, 1275
 
 

 
 
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, October 29, 2011

 
As you meet various trials and difficulties, thus polishing all the many facets of the jewel which is life, you will learn to walk that supreme pathway of humanity. Of this, I am confident, and I am confident too that those who embrace life's native creativity now stand and will continue to stand in the vanguard of history. Bringing the creativity of life to its fullest flowering is the work of human revolution. Carrying out this kind of human revolution is your mission now as it will be throughout your lives.  
 
 

  
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1950) p.56
 
 
My mind has been slow all day.  Is this my lack of faith?  
A full three years have passed since my conversion.  I will make this a starting point toward the next stage.  I need a renewed self-awakening in faith.  I must chant daimoku to open the curtain on the next scene.  I shall spur on my weak self.
 

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