Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, August 3, 2013
As human beings, let us reach beyond our small, limited selves and attain an all-encompassing state of being, our hearts communing with the vast universe.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Judging from these examples, we may conclude that for evil people living in the latter age the attainment of Buddhahooddoes not depend upon whether their offences are slight or grave, but solely upon whether or not they have faith in thissutra.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 409
Reply to Hakiri Saburo
Written to Hakiri Rokuro Saburo on August 3, 1273
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Be resolved to summon forth the great power of faith, and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with the prayer that your faith will be steadfast and correct at the moment of death. Never seek any other way to inherit the ultimate Law of life and death, and manifest it in your life. Only then will you realize that earthly desires are enlightenment, and that the sufferings of birth and death are nirvana. Even embracing the Lotus Sutra would be useless without the heritage of faith – Nichiren
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (10 August 1950) p.41/42
A month of bitter struggles. Wherein lies the cause of such misery?
...
I'm ill. The business is failing. Our finances are at the point of bankruptcy. People are losing faith in our company.
Mr. Toda is in a dreadful position. I'm fighting with grim determination but nothing works out the way I hope. Mortified at my co-workers' complaints....
Do not fear, though obstacles surround you,
You, a Bodhisattva of the Earth.
The youth who pledged his oath before the Buddha
Arises to carry out his heavy mission.
Mighty waves that tower on high,
Break with all your fury. Test your power against mine!
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