Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Let us do our utmost to sustain the wonderfully warm atmosphere of the SGI - an atmosphere where members feel free to discuss whatever is on their minds. Unless we do so, our organization will stop growing, stop developing. The SGI is a world of humanity - of the heart, of faith, of compassion. It is a world of unity and mutual inspiration. That is why it is strong. If we continue to value and promote these qualities, the SGI will continue to grow and develop forever. I want to declare here and now the atmosphere where we can discuss anything is fundamental to the SGI.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Regard your service to your lord as the practice of the Lotus Sutra. This is what is meant by "No worldly affairs of life or work are ever contrary to the true reality." I hope you will deeply consider the meaning of this passage.
Reply to a Believer
Written to Shijo Kingo on april 11, 1278
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Happiness doesn't exist on the far side of distant mountains. It is within you, yourself. Not you, however, sitting in idle passivity. It is to be found in the vibrant dynamism of your own life as you struggle to challenge and overcome one obstacle after another, as you clamber up a perilous ridge in pursuit of that which lies beyond.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (11 February 1954) p.156
Today is President Toda's fifty-fourth birthday.
In the morning, I gave him a white shirt and neck tie as a gift. He seemed quite fatigued.
At 2:00, I helped administer the Study Department oral examination, along with Secretary Y. About forty candidates took the exam. Ashamed about my own lack of ability. Must study. Must not be defeated.
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