Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, March 12, 2015
As SGI members our work, our mission, is clear. We have the unparalleled task of working for the happiness of all humanity in an endeavour we call kosen-rufu. To participate in SGI activities and challenge ourselves earnestly on the path of our mission are the greatest happiness. It all comes down to whether we can appreciate this point.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, March 12, 2015
I recently received an official pardon, and I will return to Kamakura . Can this be the year in which the passage "What I long ago hoped for has now been fulfilled" comes true for me? Without your protection, could I possibly have sustained my life? Could I have survived to be pardoned? My life's achievements are due entirely to you and to those like you.
Letter to Endo Saemon-no-jo
Written to Endo Saemon-no-jo on March 12, 1274
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, March 12, 2015
The human being is not a frail wretch at the mercy of fate. Shakyamuni insisted that to change oneself now is to change the future on a vast scale. The Western impression that Buddhism is all about meditation is alien to the spirit of Shakyamuni. The goal of Nichiren Buddhism is neither escape from reality nor passive acceptance. It is to live strongly, proactively, in such a way as to refine one's own life and reform society through a constant exchange between the outside world and the individual's inner world.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (19 March 1959) p.440/41
Busy gathering and compiling Sensei's guidance all day.
Want to maintain a pure heart like youthful Sessen Doji* throughout my life.
Felt regretful many times. Few records exist due to our carelessness. Very Sorry.
* Sessen Doji: A young man said to have been willing to jump into the mouth of a flesh-eating demon (actually the Buddhist god Taishaku in disguise) in order to pursue the knowledge necessary for enlightenment. According to the Chinese version of the Nirvana Sutra, Sessen Doji was later reborn as Shakyamuni.
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