Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Taking good care of our health is most important. In particular, it is vital for those who are advanced in years to get sufficient rest to avoid becoming fatigued. Sleep is the best medicine. I also hope you will put your wisdom to work and find various ways to improve and maintain your health.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, December 30, 2012
In the yard around the hut the snow piled deeper and deeper. No one came to see me; my only visitor was the piercing wind. Great Concentration and Insight and the Lotus Sutra lay open before my eyes, and Nam-myoho-renge-kyo flowed from my lips. My evenings passed in discourse to the moon and stars on the fallacies of the various schools and the profound meaning of the Lotus Sutra. Thus, one year gave way to the next.
The Actions of the Votary of the Lotus Sutra
This work is an autobiographical account covering the events of an important period in Nichiren Daishonin's life— from the time shortly before the Tatsunokuchi Persecution through his two-and-a-half-year exile on Sado Island to his eventual retirement to Mount Minobu.This letter was written in the year 1276 and addressed to the lay nun Konichi, a widow who lived in Awa, the Daishonin's native province.
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Defeat for a Buddhist lies not in encountering difficulties but rather in not challenging them. Difficulties only truly become our destiny if we run away from them. We must fight as long as we live.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1959) p.440/41
Busy gathering and compiling Sensei's guidance all day.
Want to maintain a pure heart like youthful Sessen Doji* throughout my life.
Felt regretful many times. Few records exist due to our carelessness. Very Sorry.
* Sessen Doji: A young man said to have been willing to jump into the mouth of a flesh-eating demon (actually the Buddhist god Taishaku in disguise) in order to pursue the knowledge necessary for enlightenment. According to the Chinese version of the Nirvana Sutra, Sessen Doji was later reborn as Shakyamuni.
No comments:
Post a Comment