Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, September 2, 2012
The stronger the oppression from without, the stronger one's determination to summon forth one's inner resources to fight against it -- this is the spirit of youth.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, September 2, 2012
I hear that these priests have been slandering me for some years now. These mosquitos and gadflies, as it were, are such fools that they groundlessly revile Nichiren, who is like the lion king, when they have neither listened to nor seen him.
The Third Doctrine
Written to Toki Jonin on October 1, 1277
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Ultimately, happiness rests on how you establish a solid sense of self or being. Happiness does not lie in outward appearances nor in vanity. It is a matter of what you feel inside; it is a deep resonance in your life. To be filled each day with a rewarding sense of exhilaration and purpose, a sense of tasks accomplished and deep fulfillment -- people who feel this way are happy. Those who have this sense of satisfaction even if they are extremely busy are much happier than those who have time on their hands but feel empty inside.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1957) p. 356
My mentor's health has weakened extremely…
Rushed to the headquarters in the afternoon. Met with Sensei. Tried to persuade him, from the bottom of my heart, to cancel his plan to attend the opening and Gohonzon-enshrining ceremonies for the new temple in Hiroshima. Undaunted, he reproached me:
"As an emissary of the Gohonzon, I cannot cancel something I have agreed upon. As a man, I must go, even if it kills me. Isn't this, Daisaku, what is meant by genuine faith?"
My tears flow at his strict guidance.
"The high priest is coming, and four thousand members will be waiting. Dai, even if it kills me, you must let me go. If I die, then take care of things with everybody afterward. If I return alive, then, with a fresh determination, we'll create a new organization. What happens next depends only on the Buddha's wisdom."
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