Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Joy is not simply your personal, egoistic happiness. Nor is it making others happy at the expense of your own happiness. You and others delighting together, you and others becoming happy together -- this is the Mystic Law and the wondrous thing about our realm of kosen-rufu. The Daishonin states, "Joy means that both oneself and others have wisdom and compassion" (Gosho Zenshu, p. 761).
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Gold can neither be burned by fire nor corroded or swept away by water, but iron is vulnerable to both. A wise person is like gold and a fool like iron. You are like pure gold because you embrace the "gold" of the Lotus Sutra. The Lotus Sutra reads in part, "Sumeru is the loftiest of all mountains. The Lotus Sutra is likewise the loftiest of all the sutras." It also states, "The good fortune of the believer cannot be burned by fire or washed away by water."
Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life
Written in 1272 this gosho was addressed to a question posed by Sairen-bo.
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Education allows us to be truly human. It deepens us and enables us to build a better society and a brighter future. The profundity of education determines the profundity of culture, the nature of society and the firmness of peace. Education plays a major role in creating deep solidarity, mutual understanding and trust.
Daisaku Ikeda – A Youthful Diary (1952) p. 125
Returned home, 11:30.
Many problems plague individuals, families, society and the world. Absolutely none is more important, however, than the problem of death.
My physical condition is poor. Even speaking is a burden. May have a fever. Had my wife give me an innoculation.
To bed, 1:50.
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