Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 08 October 2012 - The Year of Developing a Youthful SGI

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Monday, October 8, 2012   When you encounter a wall, you should tell yourself, "Since there is a wall here, a wide, open expanse must lie on the other side." Rather than becoming discouraged, know that encountering a wall is proof of the progress that you have made so far. I hope that you will continually advance in your Buddhist practice with this conviction blazing ever more strongly in your heart.     From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Monday, October 8, 2012   Where there is water, fish dwell. Where there are woods, birds gather. On the mountain island of Peng-lai there are many jewels, and onMount Malaya sandalwood trees grow. There is gold in the mountains from which the river Li-shui flows. Now this place, too, is like that. It is the place of the cluster of blessings where the Buddhas and bodhisattvas dwell.   The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1070 The Place of the Cluster of Blessings Written to Shijo Kingo on October 8, 1280     Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda Monday, October 8, 2012   Life is like a sea voyage. We each need to open up our own course in life with the strength of our convictions, unperturbed by the crashing breakers of life's stormy seas. The fiercer the tempest rages, the more we need to rouse our own fighting spirit and man the tiller with all our strength and skill crying, "Bring it on!" Through this type of arduous struggle we can forge the practical wisdom to triumph consistently and, as victorious champions, to create history.     Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1958) p.379   Took an injection in the morning.  Sensei's condition, too, is not good.  He has often said, "The source of energy for our struggle lies in building iron bodies, life force and good health."  Yet this mentor and his disciple both suffer from weak health.  Resent this trick of fate.