Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, December 7, 2014
It is our hearts that change others' hearts. Friendship changes people. Travellers who pull their capes over their shoulders and brace themselves determinedly against the cold wind naturally relax and change their outlook and actions when warmed by the sun.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, December 7, 2014
A single life is worth more than the major world system. You still have many years ahead of you, and moreover you have encountered the Lotus Sutra. If you live even one day longer, you can accumulate that much more benefit. How precious your life is!"
On Prolonging One's Life Span
Nichiren Daishonin sent this letter in 1279 to the lay nun Toki, the wife of Toki Jonin.
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, December 7, 2014
Peace can never be attained by passively waiting for it. It is necessary for each of us, no matter how weak we may feel we are, to build deep within our hearts a stronghold for peace that can withstand, and in the end silence, the incessant calls for war.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (01 January 1958) p.373
Woke up, 7:00. Physically and spiritually exhausted. Yet, I am throbbing with the awareness and determination that I am about to embark upon my thirties.
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At 9:00, greeted Sensei at his home in Meguro. Nothing could be greater than the youth division leaders' pride and joy upon welcoming the New Year with their mentor.
Sensei seemed in high spirits. Want to develop such faith that I will never leave him throughout my life. There is no other life for me.
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