Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Suffering and undergoing hardships for the sake of friends and for spreading the Law shows the sense of responsibility of a genuine leader and is the behaviour of a bodhisattva. There is no suffering or hardship that a Bodhisattva of the Earth cannot surmount. So no matter what happens, I would like you to steadily advance one step at a time, always chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with a vibrant voice.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, January 19, 2013
It is certain that, even if there were an age when the sun rises in the west, or a time were to come when the moon emerges from the ground, the Buddha's words would never prove false. Judging from this, there cannot be the least doubt that your late father is now in the presence of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, and that you will receive great blessings in your present existence. How wonderful, how splendid!"
Good Fortune in This Life
Written to Nanjo Tokimitsu on January 19, 1276
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, January 19, 2013
The years pass. The times change. All that survives and transcends this inevitable process, that shines brighter with each new era, is the record of a great human spirit that has endured the unendurable and remained true to the very end to its deepest convictions.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1959) p.452
Fatigued in both body and mind.
With this year coming to an end, I have extended by one year the life span doctors predicted would be only thirty years.
Life must be lived thoroughly. Our source of energy is our daimoku and never-ending, steady practice to accumulate benefit from the Mystic Law. "We beg you to cure us and let us live out our lives!" (LS16, 228)
Will treasure this life I have received from the Mystic Law. Shall live a long life and do my best. Must live resolutely through each day of my life, like a son of the proud, noble king of the Law.
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