Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, August 31, 2012
As long as we pray earnestly and sincerely with all our being, if we have strong and genuine faith, even though results may not be immediately visible, they will definitely manifest without fail in generations of our children and our children's children. I would like all of you to have absolute confidence in this.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Friday, August 31, 2012
Believers in the Lotus Sutra should fear those who attempt to obstruct their practice more than they fear bandits, burglars, night raiders, tigers, wolves, or lions even more than invasion now by the Mongols.
Letter to the Brothers
Written to Ikegami Muneaka and Ikegami Muneaga on April 16, 1275
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, August 31, 2012
Overcoming the four sufferings of birth, old age, sickness and death is not just a matter of theory. We mustn't move away from the issues of how we can lead healthy, fulfilling and long lives, and how we can die without suffering. Buddhism teaches the wisdom that enables us to do this.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1957) p.355
Felt chest pains this morning. Woke up early. At 5:00, my wife said. Went back to sleep. Worked on my article without eating. Felt nauseated, perhaps from smoking too much.
Lately, have been thinking about how I will live the next fifty or so years of my life. The difficulty of living vibrantly and energetically, day after day and month after month.
Worked on the continuation of my article until after 2:00. My wife said she doesn't fee well. Worried.
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