Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Ralph Waldo Emerson says, "Good-nature is plentiful, but we want justice with a heart of steel, to fight down the proud." If people are merely good-natured, then those who are arrogant and highhanded will have free rein to carry on as they please. Only those who fight with hearts of steel are people of justice.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
There are a few in this province of Kai who have expressed their desire to take faith. Yet I make it a rule not to permit them to join us unless they remain steadfast in their resolve. Some people, despite their shallow understanding, pretend staunch faith and speak contemptuously to their fellow believers, thus often disrupting the faith of others.
The Workings of Brahma and Shakra
Written to Nanjo Tokimitsu on May 15, 1277
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
When water is clear, the moon is reflected. When the wind blows, the trees shake. Our minds are like the water. Faith that is weak is like muddy water, while faith that is brave is like clear water. Understand that the trees are like principles, and the wind that shakes them is like the recitation of the sutra. - Nichiren
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1955) p.247
Becoming very cool. The autumn wind deeply penetrates my heart.
O. Company has now been in business for more than ten years. The staff has overcome hardships time and time again, each time establishing a stabler foundation. Feel satisfied. I am astonished to see such dramatic actual proof resulting from the accumulation of inconspicuous benefit.
1. When I reflect on my selfish ways, I break into a cold sweat.
2. Must revise my overly optimistic view of reality.
3. Remember always to train and develop myself.
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