Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Faith means infinite hope, and infinite hope resides in the SGI. As long as your faith is sincere, infinite glory, boundless good fortune and endless victory will unfold before you. You will never find yourselves at a dead end.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
"How great is the difference between the blessings received when a sage chants the daimoku and the blessings received when we chant it?" To reply, one is in no way superior to the other. The gold that a fool possesses is in no way different from the gold that a wise man possesses; a fire made by a fool is the same as a fire made by a wise man. However, there is a difference if one chants the daimoku while acting against the intent of this sutra.
The Fourteen Slanders
Written near the end of 1276, this letter was a reply to the lay priest Matsuno Rokuro Saemon.
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Florence Nightingale, the founder of the modern nursing profession, proudly declared: "Let us be anxious to do well, not for selfish praise but to honour and advance the cause, the work we have taken up." The spirit to fulfill a noble mission is pure, strong, and beautiful. It is a spirit that we all should emulate.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (05 January 1958) p.374/375
Had a fever all day. Troublesome – 99.9°F, I was told. Why do I always have this sort of fever? Lamentable. It always causes my wife to worry.
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Must take care of my health. This year, I want to forge a body and mind as strong as steel. Must build myself physically. Create a strong body.
This year – whether active, quiet or intense – will be a year to continuously face my destiny. My gaze is set straight ahead.
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