Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, September 15, 2012
I hope that each of you will realize success in your respective fields, fully recognizing that success means not giving up halfway but resolutely pursuing the path you have chosen. To this end, it is also important that you realize that the place where you work is a place for forging your character and growing as a human being. By extension, therefore, it is a place for your Buddhist practice, a place for practicing and deepening your faith. When you view things from this angle, all your complaints will disappear. No one is more pathetic than someone who is constantly complaining.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, September 15, 2012
The deeper the roots, the more luxuriant the branches. The farther the source, the longer the stream. All sutras other than the Lotus Sutra have shallow roots and short streams, while the Lotus Sutra has deep roots and a distant source. That is why the Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai stated that the Lotus Sutra would survive and spread even in the evil latter age.
The Father the Source, the Longer the Stream
Written to Shijo Kingo on September 15, 1278
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, September 15, 2012
When one is deluded, it is as if one were dreaming. And when one is enlightened, it is as if one had awakened - Nichiren
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1957) p. 362
A cold day. When Sensei is not active, the Gakkai is somehow quiet. Asking myself whether this is acceptable.
Must increase my life force with daimoku. "Myo means 'to revive'."
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On the 12th, the main funeral service for High Priest Nichiko Hori will be held at the head temple. My last pilgrimage of this year. Wish to offer him a heartfelt send-off to Eagle Peak. Did a fulfilling gongyo. Read.
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