Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, January 6, 2013
We practice this Buddhism to make our prayers and dreams come true and to achieve the greatest possible happiness. The purpose of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is to enable us to realize victory. The fact that our prayers are answered proves the correctness of this teaching.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, January 6, 2013
The Lotus Sutra of the Correct Law says that, if one hears this sutra and proclaims and embraces its title, one will enjoy merit beyond measure. And the Supplemented Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law says that one who accepts and upholds the name of the Lotus Sutra will enjoy immeasurable good fortune. These statements indicate that the good fortune one receives from simply chanting the daimoku is beyond measure.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 143
The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra
Recipient unknown; written on January 6, 1266
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, January 6, 2013
You must never think that any of the eighty thousand sacred teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha's lifetime or any of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas of the ten directions and three existences are outside yourself. Your practice of the Buddhist teachings will not relieve you of the sufferings of birth and death in the least unless you perceive the true nature of your life. If you seek enlightenment outside yourself, then your performing even ten thousand practices and ten thousand good deeds will be in vain. It is like the case of a poor man who spends night and day counting his neighbour's wealth but gains not even half a coin -- Nichiren
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1959) p.443/444
It's been hot for days.
Heard air-conditioning is very bad for the body. Let me experiment with it myself.
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In the evening, attended a Tsukiji Chapter inaugural meeting. Gave my all in the Gosho lecture.
Faith expresses itself in our lives.
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