Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
When you encounter a wall, you should tell yourself, "Since there is a wall here, a wide, open expanse must lie on the other side." Rather than becoming discouraged, know that encountering a wall is proof of the progress that you have made so far. I hope that you will continually advance in your Buddhist practice with this conviction blazing ever more strongly in your heart.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Where there is water, fish dwell. Where there are woods, birds gather. On the mountain island of Peng-lai there are many jewels, and onMount Malaya sandalwood trees grow. There is gold in the mountains from which the river Li-shui flows. Now this place, too, is like that. It is the place of the cluster of blessings where the Buddhas and bodhisattvas dwell.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1070
The Place of the Cluster of Blessings
Written to Shijo Kingo on October 8, 1280
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Life is like a sea voyage. We each need to open up our own course in life with the strength of our convictions, unperturbed by the crashing breakers of life's stormy seas. The fiercer the tempest rages, the more we need to rouse our own fighting spirit and man the tiller with all our strength and skill crying, "Bring it on!" Through this type of arduous struggle we can forge the practical wisdom to triumph consistently and, as victorious champions, to create history.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (17th JULY1957) p.335
July 3 was the anniversary of President Toda's release from prison.
At 4:00 p.m. on this very significant anniversary, I entered the Osaka Prefectural police headquarters. The charge: door-to-door vote solicitation. I was held for fifteen days for interrogation by the prosecutors – the first few days in various cells at the police headquarters, then for ten days at the detention centre.
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