Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, December 19, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Encouragement - offering encouraging words -is important. Nichiren Daishonin states, "The voice does the Buddha's work" (Gosho Zenshu, p. 708). Sincere words of encouragement have the power to give people hope and courage to go on living.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, December 19, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Great evil portends the arrival of great good. If all of Jambudvipa were to be thrown into chaos, there could be no doubt that [this sutra would] "be widely propagated throughout Jambudvipa."
The Kalpa of Decrease
Neither the date nor addressee of this letter is known.
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, December 19, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Relationship problems are opportunities to grow and mature. Such problems can be character building if you don't let them defeat you. That's why it's important not to isolate yourself. No one can exist apart from others. Remaining aloof from others cultivates selfishness, which accomplishes nothing.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1953) p.134
Ichinen, single-minded determination – this is what enables the arrow to pierce the rock, as the saying goes. Mr. Toda's frequent statement that "there is no power stronger or greater than faith" has gradually come to touch my heart.
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