Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Everything ultimately depends on whether there is someone who is willing to wage a desperate all-out struggle, someone who will take 100 percent responsibility without relying on or leaving things to others, someone who will work with selfless dedication for the sake of the people without any concern for what others think. Such a person is a true leader and a genuine Buddhist.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Ever since I began to study the Law handed down from Shakyamuni Buddha and undertook the practice of the Buddhist teachings, I have believed it is most important to understand one's obligations to others, and made it my first duty to repay such debts of kindness. In this world, we owe four debts of gratitude. One who understands this is worthy to be called human, while one who does not is no more than an animal.
Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man
Recipient unknown; written in 1265
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
In the true reality of life as viewed from the enlightened state of the Buddha - who has broken free of all delusion - all things are equal, transcending distinctions and differences between subject and object, self and others, mind and body, the spiritual and the material. In its true aspect, life is infinitely expansive and eternal, without beginning or end. Life is dynamic; it is wisdom and compassion; it embodies the principle of the indivisibility of life and death; it is a universal law. The cosmos is not so big that life cannot embrace it, nor a particle of matter so small that life cannot be contained within it.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (20 November 1950) p.63
Discussed our company's reconstruction all day with Mr Toda. Many things to do and many hardships to overcome. Many passionate thoughts and emotional feelings.
With my common mortal's wisdom, I can accomplish nothing. But confident of the teaching that because our wisdom is inadequate, we substitute faith, I chant daimoku single-mindedly and exert myself to the utmost in the cause of construction.
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My room is so cold. Yet when I chant daimoku, my entire being seems to warm up. It is most strange, indeed.
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