Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, August 12, 2013
Courage is free. Anyone can have it. Courage is another name for the SGI spirit. Mr. Toda said: "The Buddha is filled with compassion, but it is hard for us common mortals to show compassion. So we must have courage instead." In other words, when we work courageously for kosen-rufu, our actions by their very nature become compassionate.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, August 12, 2013
What caused you to inwardly believe in the Lotus Sutra and to make offerings to me during my more than thirty-day stay there? I was hated and resented by the steward and the people of the district even more than I was in Kamakura. Those who saw me scowled, while those who merely heard my name were filled with spite. And yet, though I was there in the fifth month when rice was scarce, you secretly fed me. Have my parents been reborn in a place called Kawana, in Ito of Izu Province?"
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 35
The Izu Exile
Written to Funamori Yasaburo on June 27, 1261
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, August 12, 2013
When you look at those of superior capacity, do not disparage yourself. The Buddha's true intention was that no one, even those of inferior capacity, be denied enlightenment. Conversely, when you compare yourself with persons of inferior capacity, do not be arrogant and over proud. Even persons of superior capacity may be excluded from enlightenment if they do not devote themselves wholeheartedly – Nichiren
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (30 August 1950) p.45
Day by day, as things settle down, the full gravity of our company's debts is beginning to be felt. I know nothing whatever about the details, but I sense that the future is dark.
My heart aches when I think of what Mr. Toda must be feeling or when I think of my parents' anxiety.
Those who fall to the ground have no choice but to stand up from where they fell.
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