Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, July 12, 2014
The glory we enjoy in a dream vanishes without a trace when we awaken. When an illusion disappears, nothing is left of its joy except a sense of emptiness, like that which one feels when finally sobering from a state of drunkenness. The joy of Buddhahood, however, is profound, indestructible and everlasting.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, July 12, 2014
The Venerable Maudgalyayana put his faith in the Lotus Sutra, which is the greatest good there is, and thus not only did he himself attain Buddhahood, but his father and mother did so as well. And, amazing as it may seem, all the fathers and mothers of the preceding seven generations and the seven generations that followed, indeed, of countless lifetimes before and after, were able to become Buddhas.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 820
On Offerings for Deceased Ancestors
Written to Jibu-bo Nichii's grandmother on July 13, 1279
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, July 12, 2014
People shouldn't hesitate to exert their all, in a way true to themselves. How can you possibly ever know how far or fast you can go if you've never run all-out? To give up even before you've tried is actually arrogance - an affront to the wondrous power of life within you and disrespectful to yourself. It is cowardly.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (21/22 May 1955) p.241
Busy all morning. Left on the 12:30 express to give a lecture in Osaka. Completed lecturing on "How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra". Utterly disappointed at my own lack of study.
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Tired from staying up late last night. Out of bed at 7:00. Heavily fatigued, both physically and spiritually. Reflected seriously about the inadequacy of my lecture. The study meeting continued until noon.
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