Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The moment we resolve "I will become healthy!" "I will become strong!" "I will work cheerfully for kosen-rufu!" our lives begin to move in that direction. We have to make up our minds.
Events
1900 Josei Toda, the Soka Gakkai's second president, is born.
1996 Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research founded by SGI President Ikeda in Tokyo ; offices opened in Hawaii in 1997.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Shakyamuni Buddha who attained enlightenment countless kalpas ago, the Lotus Sutra that leads all people to Buddhahood, and we ordinary human beings are in no way different or separate from one another. To chant Myoho-renge-kyo with this realization is to inherit the ultimate Law of life and death. This is a matter of the utmost importance for Nichiren's disciples and lay supporters, and this is what it means to embrace the Lotus Sutra.
The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on February 11, 1272
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
There was a word that second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda often stressed with the fervent wish to impart its importance to his successors. That word was courage. He once gave this clear-cut guidance: " The essence of Buddhism is compassion. We, too, need to have compassion but, being ordinary mortals, the reality is that it is quite difficult for us. Courage substitutes for compassion. I am speaking of the courage to save others from suffering. To practice Buddhism with courage translates into compassion."
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (15 June 1953) p.141
Completely exhausted, both physically and spiritually. Slept until 10:30. Totally disgusted with K. The rain grew harder. it is as if my entire being were in pain. Don't they speak of "a sound mind in a sound body"? Rather, both body and mind must be healthy simultaneously. This is an ultimate principle of faith.
Must complete the following:
1. Accomplish my chapter's goal.
2. Accomplish my mission at work.
3. Pursue the study of Buddhism.
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