Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
Buddhism concerns itself with winning. When we battle a powerful enemy, either we will triumph or we will be defeated, there is no middle ground. Battling against life's negative functions is an indivisible part of Buddhism. It is by being victorious in this struggle that we become Buddhas. We have to win. Moreover, Buddhism ensures that we can definitely do so.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, May 4, 2013
The most important thing in practicing the Buddhist teachings is to follow and uphold the Buddha's golden words, not the opinions of others.
On Practicing the Buddha's Teachings
Written to all followers in May 1273
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, May 4, 2013
What Buddhism terms good friends are sincere, honest people without a trace of deceit who guide others toward the correct path, toward good. It also refers to people who lend their assistance or support to us so that we can practice Buddhism with full assurance. If you become close to a person who makes you feel "that person is always glowing and animated" or "When I'm with that person I feel strong and secure," then your faith will naturally deepen, and you will develop bountiful wisdom. In carrying out this Buddhist practice, encountering good friends is the key to obtaining Buddhahood.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (preface p.viii)
A Youthful Diary was begun in May 1949, the year I started working for Mr. Toda, and continued over the ensuing eleven years, ending shortly after May 3, 1960 when, after Mr. Toda's death, I took office as the Soka Gakkai's third president. It is an unadorned record of my life from age twenty-two to age thirty-two.
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I was pondering how best I could assist my mentor in the task of propagating the Buddhist Law, while at the same time I had my own youthful worries, my vows for the morrow.
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Those youthful years, when I was striving day by day to advance in my undertakings, seem no further away than yesterday. I served my teacher for some ten years - in one sense a long time, in another sense a mere instant - and those ten years contained my entire future.
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