Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, August 3, 2014
As human beings, let us reach beyond our small, limited selves and attain an all-encompassing state of being, our hearts communing with the vast universe.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Judging from these examples, we may conclude that for evil people living in the latter age the attainment of Buddhahood does not depend upon whether their offenses are slight or grave, but solely upon whether or not they have faith in this sutra.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 409
Reply to Hakiri Saburo
Written to Hakiri Rokuro Saburo on August 3, 1273
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Be resolved to summon forth the great power of faith, and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with the prayer that your faith will be steadfast and correct at the moment of death. Never seek any other way to inherit the ultimate Law of life and death, and manifest it in your life. Only then will you realize that earthly desires are enlightenment, and that the sufferings of birth and death are nirvana. Even embracing the Lotus Sutra would be useless without the heritage of faith – Nichiren
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (21 October 1955) p. 259/260
Quite fatigued. Understand the severe difficulty of changing my destiny and transforming my fate and the strictness of my past slander's effects. Truly sense life's eternal nature with my entire being. Without this, it would be a contradiction to say I understand this life. Remained in the office all day, resting my body and thinking about many things.
Life is like a dream. Since this is the case, I shall be satisfied if I can spend each day, my entire life, fully exerting myself.
Wouldn't mind being a businessman or a politician or even an average person who lives life deeply.
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