Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Buddhism is reason. It is vital therefore, that our lives and our activities in society also accord with reason. Please manifest the principle of "faith equals daily life," so that you will be trusted, respected and emulated by others. Bringing fragrant flowers of trust and humanism to bloom throughout society is one of the goals of Buddhism. To do things that others find strange and unnatural, that run counter to common sense - such actions go against the basic tenets of Buddhism and amount to slander of the Law.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, January 10, 2013
There should be no discrimination among those who propagate the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo in the Latter Day of the Law, be they men or women. Were they not Bodhisattvas of the Earth, they could not chant the daimoku.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 385
The True Aspect of All Phenomena
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on May 17, 1273
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, January 10, 2013
The twentieth century was a century of war and peace, a century of politics and economics. The dawning twenty-first century holds the promise, however, to be a century of humanity and culture, a century of science and religion. Advance on this wonderful new path of humanism with pride and confidence, as gallant philosophers of action.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1959) p.447
97.5º - a record breaking temperature.
An evening board of directors meeting was held for the first time in a while. It was carried out merely by force of habit. Was it because of the heat? Or because of the lack of self-awareness and responsibility?
The gap between young and old widens with each passing day. Wanted to express indignation to my seniors. "Have you already forgotten presidents Makiguchi and Toda?"
Must place our foremost emphasis on realizing kosen-rufu, on establishing a society rooted in Buddhist ideals and on demonstrating our mentor's success. We must consider everything from this viewpoint.
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