Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, September 1, 2012
A mother's beliefs have a powerful influence on her children. In the realm of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism, too, the children of families where the mother's faith is strong invariably develop into admirable adults.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, September 1, 2012
In kindling a fire, three things are needed: a good piece of steel, a good flint, and good tinder. The same is true of prayer. Three things are required a good teacher, a good believer, and a good teaching before prayers can be effective and disasters banished from the land.
How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra
Written to the lay nun Myoho in 1277
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, September 1, 2012
We must establish the correct standard of value upon the foundation of the dignity of life. Leaders of society, including politicians and schoolteachers, should teach children the distinction between good and evil and lead society in the direction of goodness. Today, however, the higher the status that people achieve, the more wrongdoings they tend to commit. Those in high status think only of their selfish interests while exploiting ordinary people. The "me first" attitude prevails. Looking at those adults, children cannot possibly grow up right. Such social trends, in a sense, are destroying our children. Adults must first reflect on their own way of life. Without self-reflection, adults are not qualified to scold children.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1957) p.355
Through Sensei's power, we have grown this much.
Through Sensei's power, we have opened the life-condition of the Mystic Law.
Through Sensei's power, we can manifest our own power.
The debt of gratitude I owe Sensei as my mentor is higher than a mountain. Deeper than the ocean. I must not forget this. Will leave a historical record of my superb mentor for the entire world. This, I firmly pledge.
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