Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Great individuals fight abuses of authority. The truly strong do not lord it over the weak. People of genuine strength and courage battle against the powerful, the arrogant, the authoritarian, the evil and corrupt - all who look down on the people with contempt.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Above all, both you and your husband are upholders of the Lotus Sutra. You will surely bear a jewel of a child who is going to inherit the seed for the propagation of the Lotus Sutra. I wholeheartedly congratulate you. The child is one who will inherit both your physical and spiritual aspects.
Easy Delivery of a Fortune Child
Written to Nichigen-nyo on May 7, 1271
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Nichiren writes, "If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way." Please be confident that the higher your flame of altruistic action burns, the more its light will suffuse your life with happiness. Those who possess an altruistic spirit are the happiest people of all.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1954) p.200
Saturday, there was a storm. I am twenty-six, the departure point for the journey of my life. Soon, this coming year, I will be twenty-seven. I end each year in the midst of a battle with myself. Sad – disappointing. Why can't I become a youth who is praised by his brilliant teacher?
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