Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Those who have a mentor in life are truly fortunate. The path of mentor and disciple is one that leads to personal development and growth. Those without a mentor may appear free and unbeholden to anyone, but without a solid standard or model on which to base themselves their lives will be aimless and wandering.
Events
Day of Mentor and Disciple
1945 President Josei Toda is released from Toyotama Prison.
1957 President Daisaku Ikeda is arrested in Osaka on false charges.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Since the Lotus Sutra defines our body as the Dharma body of a Thus Come One, our mind as the reward body of a Thus Come One, and our actions as the manifested body of a Thus Come One, all who uphold and believe in even a single phrase or verse of this sutra will be endowed with the benefits of these three bodies.
The One Essential Phrase
Written to the lay nun Myoho on July 3, 1278
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
A mentor is indispensable if we are to develop into people of outstanding character. Viewed on a deeper level, our relationship with our mentor can have an even greater significance for us than our relationship with our parents. In the mentor-disciple relationship, we can find the very essence for achieving victory in life.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1956) p.305/6
Went to the public baths alone and spent the morning there.
Read while lying down until nightfall. My wife's mother came by. She is always a wonderful mother. Miss my own mother. Promised to buy my wife and her mother each a new obi. This is my greatest gift – to let them be beautiful, be happy and enjoy themselves.
Obi (帯, おび) is a sash for traditional Japanese dress.
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