Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, October 19, 2014
No matter what happens, please continue to chant daimoku - in both good times and bad, irrespective of joys or sorrows, happiness or suffering. Then you will be able to seize victory in your daily life and in society.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Though the moon is forty thousand yojanas high in the heavens, its reflection appears instantly in a pond on the earth; and the sound of the drum at the Gate of Thunder is immediately heard a thousand, ten thousand ri in the distance. Though you remain in Sado, your heart has come to this province. The way of attaining Buddhahood is just like this. Though we live in the impure land, our hearts reside in the pure land of Eagle Peak . Merely seeing each other's face would in itself be insignificant. It is the heart that is important.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 949
The Drum at the Gate of Thunder
Written tot he lay nun Sennichi on October 19, 1278
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Our individual experiences of triumph over our problems give courage and hope to many others. Our personal victories, in other words, become parables expressing the power of the Mystic Law. And those who hear our experiences can share them with still others.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (07 October 1957) p.339
An "Orally Transmitted Teachings" lecture at the headquarters at 6:30. On the parts that cover the Lotus Sutra's "Devadatta", "Encouraging Devotion" and "Peaceful Practices" chapters. Sensei's excellent lecture applied to daily life from an objective standpoint, and, from a subjective standpoint, to life itself. He said that when one steadfastly embraces the Mystic Law, living itself becomes a true pleasure.
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