Monday, April 30, 2012
Nobel laureate Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) of Chile , was well respected as a humanistic educator. Indicative of the great spirit of compassion and caring with which she interacted with her students is her "Teacher's Prayer": "Let me be more mother than the mother herself in my love and defense of the child who is not flesh of my flesh. Help me to make one of my children my most perfect poem and leave within him or her my most melodious melody from that day when my own lips no longer sing." With this same spirit, let us care for and nurture young people.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, April 30, 2012
You are indeed an unusual woman since you asked me to explain the effects of various degrees of slander. You are every bit as praiseworthy as the dragon king's daughter when she said, "I unfold the doctrines of the great vehicle to rescue living beings from suffering." The Lotus Sutra reads, "If one can ask about its meaning, that will be difficult indeed." There are very few people who inquire about the meaning of the Lotus Sutra.
The Embankments of Faith
Written to the lay nun Sennichi on September 3, 1275
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, April 30, 2012
Nichiren wrote that wrath can be either good or bad. Self-centered anger generates evil, but wrath at social injustice becomes the driving force for reform. Strong language that censures and combats a great evil often awakens adverse reactions from society, but this must not intimidate those who believe they are right. A lion is a lion because he roars.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1955) p. 224
President Toda gave severe guidance from the morning on. My heart feels as if I am standing on an icy mountain peak, naked before the cold wind. No excuse. Spiritual age, physical age: must revolutionize both simultaneously. Actual proof will result from my Buddhist practice, due to the principle of 'the oneness of body and mind.'
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