Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, June 8, 2012
President Toda often said that the final four or five years of one's life are decisive. No matter how good the preceding years may have been, one's life ends in defeat and sadness if the final few years are miserable. On the other hand, someone whose last four or five years are happy and filled with joy can be described a winner in life. No matter what happens, even if we should fall sick, we must never grow discouraged or allow ourselves to be defeated. This is vital. As long as our spirits are undefeated, we are victors.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Friday, June 8, 2012
Be resolved to summon forth the great power of faith, and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with the prayer that your faith will be steadfast and correct at the moment of death. Never seek any other way to inherit the ultimate Law of life and death, and manifest it in your life.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 218
The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on February 11, 1272
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, June 8, 2012
Every child is precious. The Lotus Sutra tells the parable of the three kinds of medicinal herbs and two kinds of trees. There are many different kinds of plants, their shape, size and nature come in myriad varieties. Some plants grow fast while others take time to mature. In this parable, however, the heavens rain upon all the plants equally, nurturing their growth. And the plants blossom and bear fruits according to their own unique character. This parable symbolizes the Buddha's vast compassion to nurture all living beings despite their differences. All children are different, each possesses his or her wonderful unique quality. We must pour upon all children our great love and compassion so that each child can blossom, true to his or her unique quality.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1955) p.271
Everyone has periods when things go well and times when they aren't so smooth. But such distinctions disappear when a person is truly strong and capable.
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At night, I composed a poem titled "Human Revolution":
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Beginningless voyage of life,
Eternal motion of the macrocosm,
As the morning sun soars into the sky,
Life stirs anew among the buds.
The power of myoho, fundamental force of nature,
Strong enough to shatter boulders,
Or dispel the darkness of our evil karma.
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