Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, April 10, 2014
The Daishonin's words are guiding principles that have universal, eternal relevance. It is important to study his writings. And it is especially crucial that the members of the youth division gain a solid grounding in Buddhist study. The two ways of practice and study are important. A half-hearted attitude will not allow you to complete these two paths. That would be a truly sad thing.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, April 10, 2014
In describing the first, second, and third of the five stages of practice, the Buddha restricts those at these stages from practicing precepts and meditation, and places all emphasis upon the single factor of wisdom. And because our wisdom is inadequate, he teaches us to substitute faith for wisdom, making this single word "faith" the foundation.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 785
On the Four Stages of Faith and the Five Stages of Practice
Written to Toki Jonin on April 10, 1277
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Many today regard any kind of belief and religious faith, in particular as somehow in opposition to reason or at the very least as a sort of paralysis of the faculty of reason. There are, indeed, fanatical religions in which faith opposes reason. But it is an erroneous leap of logic to assume on this basis, and without any evidence, that all religions are so. That itself is irrational and can be characterized as a kind of blind faith in its own right.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (14 April 1954) p.167
Argued with a visitor in the morning. It was my fault. Must reflect on my tendency to be satisfied with trivial successes….
At times I think of the organization as a hindrance. But I know that without an organization, the Gakkai, the individual members and their faith would become disordered and confused, ultimately resulting in the greatest unhappiness. Those who despise the organization appear to be self-centered and arrogant; ultimately they will fail in the world of faith. The most excellent principle of organization is none other than that of many in body, one in mind.
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