Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, May 17, 2012
"Don't be dependent on anyone," this is my sentiment. We each have to strengthen and develop ourselves through our own efforts. We must never surrender to any foe or difficulty. We must be fearless. This is the true spirit of self-reliance.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The sutra states: "If one [of these good men or women in the time after I have passed into extinction] is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one person, even one phrase of it, then you should know that he or she is the envoy of the Thus Come One. He has been dispatched by the Thus Come One and carries out the Thus Come One's work." Who else but us can this possibly refer to?"
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 385
The True Aspect of All Phenomena
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on May 17, 1273
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Wisdom is rooted in the souls of human beings. The way to acquire it is to follow the simple advice of Socrates: "Know thyself." This is the starting point for the establishment of a sense of human dignity, preventing the degradation of human beings into anonymous, interchangeable cogs in a machine. The essence of true knowledge is self-knowledge.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1955) p.248
My oldest son had a high fever in the morning. Really suffering physically myself. A gray day. Understand the limits of the physical body. But the power called life force surpasses both physical and spiritual power. It is a mysterious energy that sets into motion functions far stronger than spiritual or physical power alone. Life force arises from the workings of one's determination. Actually it wells forth limitlessly through the power of the Mystic Law and the power of faith. It comes from practice. Will test this through my own experience and show actual proof.
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You must not only persevere yourself; you must also teach others. Both practice and study arise from faith. Teach others to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p. 386).
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