Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, March 24, 2014
When we practice gongyo and chant daimoku before the Gohonzon, the good and evil capacities of our lives begin to function as the exalted form of fundamental existence. Lives that are full of the pain of Hell, lives that are in the state of Hunger, lives warped by the state of Anger - such lives too begin to move in the direction of creating their own personal happiness and value. Lives being pulled toward misfortune and unhappiness are redirected and pulled in the opposite direction, toward good, when they make the Mystic Law their base.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, March 24, 2014
I feel great pity for you and the others, but there is little I can do to help. Nevertheless, I pray day and night to the Lotus Sutra. Spare no effort in offering up prayers with firm faith. It is not that my resolve [to save you] is weak. Rather, it depends on the strength of each person's faith.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 678
The Story of Ohashi no Taro
Written to Nanjo Tokimitsu on March 24, 1276
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, March 24, 2014
The struggle we go through to have our prayers answered makes us stronger. If we were to immediately get everything we prayed for, we would become spoiled and decadent. We would lead indolent lives, devoid of any hard work or struggle. As a result, we would become shallow human beings. What, then, would be the point of faith?
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (16 February 1954) p.158
Sensei struggles relentlessly against the devil of sickness.
I, too, continuously battle the same devil.
Where there is passionate faith, there must be victory. I am young; my life begins from now. If only I can be the engine that turns President Toda's plans and ideas into reality…
Life is nothing but struggle and advancement. Such is my destiny.
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