Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
There may be times when life seems gloomy and dull. When we feel stuck in some situation or other, when we are negative toward everything, when we feel lost and bewildered, not sure which way to turn - at such times we must transform our passive mind-set and determine, "I will proceed along this path," "I will pursue my mission today." When we do so a genuine springtime arrives in our hearts and flowers start to blossom.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
It is impossible to fathom one's karma. Iron, when heated in the flames and pounded, becomes a fine sword. Worthies and sages are tested by abuse. My present exile is not because of any secular crime. It is solely so that I may expiate in this lifetime my past grave offenses and be freed in the next from the three evil paths.
Letter from Sado
Written to Toki Jonin on March 20, 1272
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Buddhism aims to make people free in the most profound sense, its purpose is not to restrict or constrain. Buddhist prayer is a right, not an obligation. Because Buddhism entails practice, tenacious efforts are required, but these are all for your own sake. If you want to have great benefits or to develop a profound state of life, you should exert yourself accordingly.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (8 Mar. 1960) p.485
Must expand my life and give my all to guiding them*.
Those who criticize, do as you please. Those who are jealous, feel as you please. Those who laugh, those who ridicule, take a look ten years from now at the solitary youth who shoulders the Gakkai.
The Gakkai leaders, across every part of the organization, must study more and more. Must make deeper inroads into society.
*(young people)
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