Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, April 8, 2013
Great individuals fight abuses of authority. The truly strong do not lord it over the weak. People of genuine strength and courage battle against the powerful, the arrogant, the authoritarian, the evil and corrupt - all who look down on the people with contempt.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, April 8, 2013
Above all, both you and your husband are upholders of the Lotus Sutra. You will surely bear a jewel of a child who is going to inherit the seed for the propagation of the Lotus Sutra. I wholeheartedly congratulate you. The child is one who will inherit both your physical and spiritual aspects.
Easy Delivery of a Fortune Child
Written to Nichigen-nyo on May 7, 1271
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, April 8, 2013
Nichiren writes, "If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way." Please be confident that the higher your flame of altruistic action burns, the more its light will suffuse your life with happiness. Those who possess an altruistic spirit are the happiest people of all.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (05 Apr. 1960) p.496
The general meeting on May 3 gets closer day by day. Everyone's expectations of me weigh heavy, too heavy, upon my heart. Is this young general destined to lead the way and take the brunt of the attacks in the course of our eternal struggle for kosen-rufu?
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