Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The organization of faith is not something that holds you back or restricts you. Rather, it is a springboard that enables you to develop yourself to the utmost and to lead the most dynamic existence. It is the most precious place for carrying out our Buddhist practice.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
I have heard that you are suffering from illness. Is this true? The impermanence of this world is such that even the healthy cannot remain forever, let alone those who are ill. Thoughtful persons should therefore prepare their minds for the life to come. Yet one cannot prepare one's mind for the next life by one's own efforts alone. Only on the basis of the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, the original teacher of all living beings, can one do so.
Encouragement to a Sick Person
Nichiren Daishonin wrote this letter in 1264, when he was forty-three. Its recipient was Nanjo Hyoe Shichiro.
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Life is a chain. All things are related. When any link is disturbed, the other links will be affected. We should think of the environment as our mother -- Mother soil, Mother Sea , Mother Earth. There is no crime worse than harming one's mother.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1953) p.132
Have decided to reflect on myself more seriously from now on. The path I must follow with respect to my mentor demands the greatest self-awakening. Deeply regret my thoughtlessness, having presumed upon President Today's profound consideration. My own lack of realization is as clear as if reflected in a mirror. To trip over the same stone twice is indeed foolish. Will reflect, and then advance once again, cheerfully and boldly
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