Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, August 9, 2013
The course of our lives is determined by how we react - what we decide and what we do - at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Friday, August 9, 2013
The Buddha promised in the Lotus Sutra that, for women, the sutra will serve as a lantern in the darkness, as a ship when they cross the sea, and as a protector when they travel through dangerous places.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 614
The Supremacy of the Law
Written to Oto and her mother, Nichimyo, on August 4, 1275
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, August 9, 2013
Faith and daily life, faith and work - these are not separate things. They are one and the same. To think of them as separate - that faith is faith, and work is work - is theoretical faith. Based on the recognition that work and faith are one and the same, we should put 100 percent of our energy into our jobs and 100 percent into our faith, too. When we resolve to do this, we enter the path of victory in life. Faith means to show irrefutable proof of victory amid the realities of society and in our own daily lives.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (22 August 1950) p.43
Our company has decided to suspend operations.
Exchanged parting cups with Mr. Toda. He shared with us his great hopes and his profoundly touching resolution in the face of defeat.
I felt as though my heart would break. How mortifying! How tragic!
I, however, will advance with Mr. Toda toward our next effort.
Nothing else matters. Forward. Eternally forward. Those who truly know me will know my destiny.
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