Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, December 13, 2014
The organization of faith is not something that holds you back or restricts you. Rather, it is a springboard that enables you to develop yourself to the utmost and to lead the most dynamic existence. It is the most precious place for carrying out our Buddhist practice.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, December 13, 2014
I have heard that you are suffering from illness. Is this true? The impermanence of this world is such that even the healthy cannot remain forever, let alone those who are ill. Thoughtful persons should therefore prepare their minds for the life to come. Yet one cannot prepare one's mind for the next life by one's own efforts alone. Only on the basis of the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, the original teacher of all living beings, can one do so.
Encouragement to a Sick Person
Nichiren Daishonin wrote this letter in 1264, when he was forty-three. Its recipient was Nanjo Hyoe Shichiro.
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Life is a chain. All things are related. When any link is disturbed, the other links will be affected. We should think of the environment as our mother -- Mother soil, Mother Sea , Mother Earth. There is no crime worse than harming one's mother.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (20 January 1958) p.378
Visited Sensei at home in Meguro. Talked intimately for about an hour and a half. Could only express my appreciation for his deep compassion and concern for the future and beyond. Received guidance on the upcoming general pilgrimage and the Gakkai's cultural movement, including my own personal affairs. Must become more deeply and powerfully conscious of Sensei's instructions; must put them into practice and prove their validity.
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