Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Those who have a mentor in life are truly fortunate. The path of mentor and disciple is one that leads to personal development and growth. Those without a mentor may appear free and unbeholden to anyone, but without a solid standard or model on which to base themselves their lives will be aimless and wandering.
Events
Day of Mentor and Disciple
1945 President Josei Toda is released from Toyotama Prison.
1957 President Daisaku Ikeda is arrested in Osaka on false charges.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Since the Lotus Sutra defines our body as the Dharma body of a Thus Come One, our mind as the reward body of a Thus Come One, and our actions as the manifested body of a Thus Come One, all who uphold and believe in even a single phrase or verse of this sutra will be endowed with the benefits of these three bodies.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 922
The One Essential Phrase
Written to the lay nun Myoho on July 3, 1278
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, July 3, 2014
A mentor is indispensable if we are to develop into people of outstanding character. Viewed on a deeper level, our relationship with our mentor can have an even greater significance for us than our relationship with our parents. In the mentor-disciple relationship, we can find the very essence for achieving victory in life.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (07 March 1955) p.232
Faith, confidence, conviction - These thoughts arise, somehow, in the midst of practice: What is life's fundamental energy?
Fate, destiny, karma -what determines the course of one's life? What is the most powerful influence? Thought about how it relates to my efforts in life.
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