Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Nothing can equal the splendour of youth. To be young is to possess a treasure of infinite worth, far greater than any person of power. This is all the more true of you who possess the eternal treasure of the Mystic Law. Those who live based on this supreme Law are bodhisattvas and Buddhas.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Even if the sun and moon should never again emerge from the east, even if the great earth itself should turn over, even if the tides of the great ocean should cease to ebb and flow, even if broken stones are made whole, and even if the waters of the streams and rivers cease to flow into the ocean, no woman who believes in the Lotus Sutra could ever be dragged down by worldly faults and fall into the evil paths.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 70
The Recitation of the "Expedient Means" and "Life Span" Chapters
Written to the wife of Hiki Daigaku Saburo Yoshimoto on April 17, 1264
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The goal is not to eliminate desires, it is what one desires that is important. Earthly desires are enlightenment. The desire for supreme enlightenment, the search for enlightenment, is enlightenment. Satisfaction with one's accomplishments might seem like humility, but to underestimate life's potential is actually great arrogance.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (11 Apr. 1960) p.499
The Gohonzon is as vast as the universe; it is infinite and eternal. All I can do is to keep my faith in it and take leadership.
I am a youth! I am a man! Advance boldly over mountains and deserts, through raging waves and storms.
Physically exhausted. Must take care of my health for the sake of all the Gakkai members.
1. From May, will put more energy into Buddhist study.
2. From May, will place top priority on discussion meetings.
3. From May, will base everything on gongyo.
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