Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
The stronger the oppression from without, the stronger one's determination to summon forth one's inner resources to fight against it -- this is the spirit of youth.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
I hear that these priests have been slandering me for some years now. These mosquitos and gadflies, as it were, are such fools that they groundlessly revile Nichiren, who is like the lion king, when they have neither listened to nor seen him.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 856
The Third Doctrine
Written to Toki Jonin on October 1, 1277
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Ultimately, happiness rests on how you establish a solid sense of self or being. Happiness does not lie in outward appearances nor in vanity. It is a matter of what you feel inside; it is a deep resonance in your life. To be filled each day with a rewarding sense of exhilaration and purpose, a sense of tasks accomplished and deep fulfillment -- people who feel this way are happy. Those who have this sense of satisfaction even if they are extremely busy are much happier than those who have time on their hands but feel empty inside.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (24 April 1956) p.298
I am an emotional person. Rather, I am a man of flaring passions. Toward justice, toward myself and toward the battle. Is this correct? Or am I mistaken? The future will determine whether I am correct. Proof will most definitely appear. Then it will be decided. Right now, there is nothing more I can do.
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