Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Remembering things about a person is an expression of compassion and concern. Forgetfulness shows a lack of compassion, a lack of responsibility.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Because I chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with my own mouth, I have been reviled, struck, exiled, and had my life threatened. However, in spite of all this, I have continued to exhort others to do likewise. Am I not then a votary of the Lotus Sutra?"
No Safety in the Threefold World
Written to Matsuno Rokuro Saemon on February 13, 1278
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Henry David Thoreau, a renowned American Renaissance thinker, wrote in his journal: "Nothing must be postponed. Take time by the forelock. Now or never! You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment." We shouldn't put anything off but seize the moment, living with all our being in the present. If we do that, he says, each moment will become eternity.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1960) p.466/467
I'm losing weight. Lost about twenty-five pounds since last April. Feel troubled. The devilish workings of sickness and death are harsh and fearful.
As long as I have faith in the Mystic Law, I can view my sickness as an intrinsic aspect of my life and in no way fail to transform great evil into great good. Will definitely recover my health within this year. Eradicating one's bad karma is no easy task.
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