Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, February 19, 2015
This lifetime will never come again; it is precious and irreplaceable. To live without regret, it is crucial for us to have a concrete purpose and continually set goals and challenges for ourselves. It is equally important that we keep moving toward specific targets steadily and tenaciously, one step at a time.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Be sure to strengthen your faith, and receive the protection of Shakyamuni, Many Treasures, and the Buddhas of the ten directions. Exert yourself in the two ways of practice and study. Without practice and study, there can be no Buddhism. You must not only persevere yourself; you must also teach others. Both practice and study arise from faith. Teach others to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 386
The True Aspect of All Phenomena
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on May 17, 1273
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Chang-an writes, "If one befriends another person but lacks the mercy to correct him, one is in fact his enemy." The consequences of a grave offense are extremely difficult to erase. The most important thing is to continually strengthen our wish to benefit others - Nichiren
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (09 November 1958) p.424
The nineteenth general meeting…
A gathering of seventy thousand members…
Ten new chapters were formed… Expanding the number of chapter is fine. But what really matters is broad dissemination of Sensei's spirit….
Disccused the future of President Toda's direct disciples. Some understood while others did not.
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