Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, August 26, 2013
We accumulate great good fortune through our earnest prayers, devotion and efforts for the sake of Buddhism, kosen-rufu and humankind. Prayer without action is not the way of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, August 26, 2013
It is easy to sustain our concern for someone who is before our very eyes, but quite a different thing when that person is far away, even though in our heart we may not forget him. Nevertheless, in the five years . . . that have already passed since I came to live here in the mountains, you have sent your husband from the province of Sado to visit me three times. How great is your sincerity! It is firmer than the great earth, deeper than the great sea!
The Sutra of True Requital
Written to the lay nun Sennichi on July 28, 1278
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, August 26, 2013
There is no trace of coercion or concern for appearances in Nichiren's behaviour. He looked on those who were suffering, those who were bravely fighting alongside him, as if they were himself in the same situations. He prized each and every one of them. He encouraged them and sympathized with them, and we must never forget that the true essence of humanity is to be found in this. When we observe Nichiren's actions, we are deeply struck by the conviction that this is the way a Buddhist must live.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (21 September 1950) p.49/50
After the meeting, I gave Mr. Toda a poem I had written. He was extremely happy and immediately composed two poems for me in return.
Often I stand
on the field of battle
with you as my sword
at my side, always.
My glory as king fades,
and my power is failing:
I will leave behind, however,
you, my crown.
Boundless are my youthful emotions.
I overflow with greater resolve.
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