Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, October 26, 2014
I hope that, basing yourself on faith, you will become wealthy people of virtue and influence who are widely respected. I would like to add, however, that worldly success is not equivalent to true happiness. Achieving this requires that we have a profound understanding of the nature of life. A person of success in the true sense is one who can enjoy a free and unrestrained state of life.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Life is the foremost of all treasures. It is expounded that even the treasures of the entire major world system cannot equal the value of one's body and life.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1125
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Buddhism is a movement emphasizing self-education with the aim of unlocking and developing our inherent Buddha nature while at the same time bringing forth diverse wisdom and using various expedient means to help others tap their Buddhahood. This development of potential, this education of oneself and others, is the noblest path a human being can ever pursue.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (18 October 1957) p. 344
A day I will remember as long as I live. The first court session began at 2:00. It ended with the verification of the defendants' identity.
Dashed to Kobe in the evening to give guidance. Two thousand and several hundred members gathered. The battle has finally begun.
Know that now is the opportune time to advance in faith!
My friends! Advance resolutely, toward the next victory!
I, too, will fight!
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