Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Prayer is the foundation. But at the same time if we fail to make concrete efforts, no matter how much daimoku we chant, our prayers will not be answered. Buddhism is reason. If we just chant without doing any work we cannot succeed in our jobs.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Lotus Sutra is the king of sutras, the direct path to enlightenment, for it explains that the entity of our life, which manifests either good or evil at each moment, is in fact the entity of the Mystic Law. If you chant Myoho-renge-kyo with deep faith in this principle, you are certain to attain Buddhahood in this lifetime.
On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
Written to Toki Jonin in 1255
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Wisdom, in the Lotus Sutra, does not simply mean being smart, it is far more profound. Essentially, it is to have an excellent "heart." Wisdom signifies humanity and force of character borne of strength, breadth and profundity of spirit. Nichiren says, "The wise may be called human." He also explains that one who perseveres in following a correct way of life, unswayed by praise and censure, is truly wise.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1959) p.446
Heard today is the thirty-six anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake. It was a devastating disaster. Was it an omen of the cruelty and devastation during World War II?
Natural disaster are miserable. War - human-made disasters - are also tragic. There is no other way of resolving natural disasters than relying on the Mystic Law. Human-made disasters can be prevented only through each individual's human revolution.
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