Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Life flashes by in an instant. By devoting our lives to Buddhism, we will live a life of complete fulfillment. We are selling ourselves short if we fail to attain such a wonderful state of life.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, August 25, 2013
This Gohonzon is the essence of the Lotus Sutra and the eye of all the scriptures. It is like the sun and moon in the heavens, a great ruler on earth, the heart in a human being, the wish-granting jewel among treasures and the pillar of a house. When we have this mandala with us, it is a rule that all Buddhas and gods will gather round and watch over us, protecting us like a shadow day and night, just as warriors guard their ruler, as parents love their children, as fish rely on water, as trees and plants crave rain, or as birds depend on trees.
On Upholding Faith in the Gohonzon
Written to the lay nun Myoshin on August 25, 1275
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, August 25, 2013
One of the fascinating things about human beings is this: Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude. But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (19 September 1950) p.49
To deceive oneself is a great evil. Ours should be a society in which all can properly carry out their duties and enjoy their rights. It is a bitter thing to be unable to act openly on your ideas or do what you think is right. There is too much deceit. It is a sad thing.
Too much ugly strife. What destiny creates the difference in individual personalities? Adults should at least take the responsibility for children and young people to grow up freely and correctly, for the sake of the future.
Read the Gosho. It is extremely difficult.
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