Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Strength is the source of happiness. We mustn't shy away from life's challenges. We mustn't be defeated. Refusing to be defeated equals victory. A person who perseveres to the end is a winner. In the course of promoting our movement, the Soka Gakkai has never pulled back in the face of any hindrance. We have kept moving forward. And that is the key to our success. Never to retreat a single step, no matter what - that is the Soka Gakkai spirit. Those who embrace this spirit can achieve unlimited victory.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
If you try to treat someone's illness without knowing its cause, you will only make the person sicker than before.
The Actions of the Votary of the Lotus Sutra
Written to the lay nun Konichi in 1276
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
The Buddhist teaching of the inseparability of evil and good means that everything can be made one or the other in an instant, according to what we harbour in our hearts. Everything begins with the self. A change in one's outlook or intention triggers a change in the self and radiates outward to effect society-wide revolutions. This idea is what we in the SGI refer to as "human revolution."
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (04 January 1960) p.459
Rested until a little after 10:00 a.m. Woke up exhausted. My wife, Hiromasa, Shirohisa and Takahiro were all in high spirits. Felt like I was seeing my family for the first time in a long time.
We ate lunch together. My wife cooked. Felt relieved and satisfied seeing my children's good appetites. My wife's cooking is more pleasing and delicious than meals served at any hotel or inn.
Read until midnight. Thought about many things.
Resolved to make earnest efforts to solidify my faith and improve my health this year.
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