Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, January 17, 2014
Please remember that patience is in and of itself a great challenge and that it often holds the key to breaking through a seeming impasse.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Friday, January 17, 2014
Though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 345
On Prayer
Written to Sairen-bo in September 1272
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, January 17, 2014
When you devote yourself to achieving your goal, you will not be bothered by shallow criticism. Nothing important can be accomplished if you allow yourself to be swayed by some trifling matter, always looking over your shoulder and wondering what others are saying or thinking. The key to achievement is to move forward along your chosen path with firm determination.
Daisaku Ikeda – A Youthful Diary (25 December 1952) p.124
T. came over in the morning. He is sincerity itself. Just a few days remain in this seven-hundredth year since the establishment of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism. Constantly thinking about next year. Today, again, I worked to my heart's content.
Short of money. Now in utter poverty. What shall I do?
Attended a dragon Corps leaders meeting. Deeply delighted to see such spirited youths…
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