Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 26 October 2012 - The Year of Developing a Youthful SGI

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Friday, October 26, 2012   I hope that, basing yourself on faith, you will become wealthy people of virtue and influence who are widely respected. I would like to add, however, that worldly success is not equivalent to true happiness. Achieving this requires that we have a profound understanding of the nature of life. A person of success in the true sense is one who can enjoy a free and unrestrained state of life.     From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Friday, October 26, 2012   Life is the foremost of all treasures. It is expounded that even the treasures of the entire major world system cannot equal the value of one's body and life.   The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1125 The Gift of Rice Recipient and date unknown     Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda Friday, October 26, 2012   Buddhism is a movement emphasizing self-education with the aim of unlocking and developing our inherent Buddha nature while at the same time bringing forth diverse wisdom and using various expedient means to help others tap their Buddhahood. This development of potential, this education of oneself and others, is the noblest path a human being can ever pursue.     Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1958) p.391   Have watched over Sensei's body for one week, in accord with his wishes.  Today is our final parting.  How sad.  How mournful.  Savored the golden words, "Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers" (WND, 217)