Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, May 17, 2013
"Don't be dependent on anyone," this is my sentiment. We each have to strengthen and develop ourselves through our own efforts. We must never surrender to any foe or difficulty. We must be fearless. This is the true spirit of self-reliance.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Friday, May 17, 2013
The sutra states: "If one [of these good men or women in the time after I have passed into extinction] is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one person, even one phrase of it, then you should know that he or she is the envoy of the Thus Come One. He has been dispatched by the Thus Come One and carries out the Thus Come One's work." Who else but us can this possibly refer to?"
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 385
The True Aspect of All Phenomena
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on May 17, 1273
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, May 17, 2013
Wisdom is rooted in the souls of human beings. The way to acquire it is to follow the simple advice of Socrates: "Know thyself." This is the starting point for the establishment of a sense of human dignity, preventing the degradation of human beings into anonymous, interchangeable cogs in a machine. The essence of true knowledge is self-knowledge.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (13 June 1949) p.8
My mind changes from one moment to the next. I know what my goals are, but I waver all the same... One moment I'm in high spirits, bursting with youthful intensity, and the next moment I'm as petrified as though I were standing on the edge of a cliff.
One moment I contemplate the high ideals and religious revolution, but in the storm of my actual situation, I tremble...
Youth stand up! Advance! Otherwise there will be no human revolution.
Plunge into the whirlpool of reality and fight. Fear nothing. Remember your great mission.
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