Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
The powerful may appear great, but in reality they are not. Greatest of all are the ordinary people. If those in power lead lives of idle luxury it is because the people are silent. We have to speak out. With impassioned words, we need to resolutely attack abuses of power that cause people suffering. This is fighting on the side of justice. It is wrong to remain silent when confronted with injustice. Doing so is tantamount to supporting and condoning evil.
Events
1260 Nichiren Daishonin submits his treatise "On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land ."
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
I have pondered the matter carefully with what limited resources I possess, and have looked a little at the scriptures for an answer. The people of today all turn their backs upon what is right to a person, they give their allegiance to evil. This is the reason that the benevolent deities have abandoned the nation and departed together, that sages leave and do not return. And in their stead devils and demons come, and disasters and calamities occur. I cannot keep silent on this matter. I cannot suppress my fears.
On Establshing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land
Submitted to Hojo Tokiyori on July 16, 1260
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
What will the future be like? No one knows the answer to this question. All we know is that the effects that will appear in the future are contained in the causes made in the present. The important thing, therefore, is that we stand up and take action to achieve great objectives without allowing ourselves to be distracted or discouraged by immediate difficulties.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (21 September 1955) p.246
The first page of my new diary notebook.
While life itself is eternal, everlasting, this life is like a dream; like the morning dew or winter frost that vanish instantly before the warmth of the rising sun. The record of this period of my life, my activities, and my future are, for better or for worse, less significant than a microbe. And yet, I will leave a mark on this earth and in the universe, a mark that likely will be seen and pondered by someone in the future. Human affairs are so small, so miniscule when viewed from the standpoint of limitless space and beginningless time.
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