Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, July 18, 2013
There is no need to seek impatiently for greatness, fame or wealth. The earth and sun do not hurry, they follow their own path at their own pace. If the earth were to accelerate and complete one rotation in three hours instead of twenty-four, we would be in big trouble! The most important thing in life, too, is to find a sure and certain path and confidently advance along it.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, July 18, 2013
The ten directions are the "environment" and living beings are "life." To illustrate, environment is like the shadow, and life, the body. Without the body no shadow can exist, and without life, no environment. In the same way, life is shaped by its environment.
On Omens
Written to Shijo Kingo in 1275
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, July 18, 2013
People of conviction, who stand alone, who pursue their chosen path - not only are such people good and trustworthy friends themselves, but they can make genuine friends of others. The bamboo groves of autumn are gorgeous. Each bamboo tree stands independently, growing straight and tall toward the sky. Yet in the ground, out of sight, their roots are interconnected. In the same way, true friendship is not a relationship of dependence, but of independence. It is the enduring bond that connects self-reliant individuals, comrades who share the same commitment, on a spiritual dimension.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (28 June 1950) p.36
I yearn for peace. The flames of war must not spread.
My resolution is as firm as Mount Taishan.
I have nothing to fear.
But I think of the weak, and my head aches.
I pray that all may live long and dwell in peace.
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