Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Freedom doesn't mean an absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle. This is true freedom.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, September 7, 2014
The blessings from making offerings to a votary of the Lotus Sutra in the latter age exceed even those from making offerings to a Thus Come One endowed with the ten honorable titles, while those who persecute a votary of the Lotus Sutra in the defiled age will have their heads split into seven pieces.
Letter to the Lay Nun of Ko
Written to the lay nun of Ko on June 16, 1275
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, September 7, 2014
How painful and frightening is the prospect of death for human beings! No matter how wealthy or powerful we may be, all is vanity before death. Everything is empty, like a dream or an illusion. But people do not face this fact. Nichiren Buddhism teaches us that we can transform our karma and attain a supremely peaceful death that is the start of a journey to our next lives.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (02 December 1956) p.305/6
Went to the public baths alone and spent the morning there.
Read while lying down until nightfall. My wife's mother came by. She is always a wonderful mother. Miss my own mother. Promised to buy my wife and her mother each a new obi. This is my greatest gift – to let them be beautiful, be happy and enjoy themselves.
Obi (帯, おび) is a sash for traditional Japanese dress.
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