Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, April 17, 2015
Nothing can equal the splendour of youth. To be young is to possess a treasure of infinite worth, far greater than any person of power. This is all the more true of you who possess the eternal treasure of the Mystic Law. Those who live based on this supreme Law are bodhisattvas and Buddhas.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Friday, April 17, 2015
Even if the sun and moon should never again emerge from the east, even if the great earth itself should turn over, even if the tides of the great ocean should cease to ebb and flow, even if broken stones are made whole, and even if the waters of the streams and rivers cease to flow into the ocean, no woman who believes in the Lotus Sutra could ever be dragged down by worldly faults and fall into the evil paths.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 70
The Recitation of the "Expedient Means" and "Life Span" Chapters
Written to the wife of Hiki Daigaku Saburo Yoshimoto on April 17, 1264
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, April 17, 2015
The goal is not to eliminate desires, it is what one desires that is important. Earthly desires are enlightenment. The desire for supreme enlightenment, the search for enlightenment, is enlightenment. Satisfaction with one's accomplishments might seem like humility, but to underestimate l ife 's potential is actually great arrogance.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (12 January 1960) p.463
Woke up feeling fatigued.
My home is a mess because of the three brave warriors. No place to rest in this castle of mine. This may be proof of their vigor and good health. Hopeful. Happy.
Under the cover of my futon, recollected my boyhood and my youth. The moment of birth, existence form birth to death, the moment of death, and existence from death to next birth - the reality of life. Now I exist in the phase from birth to death, in my youth, embraced by the Mystic Law. Must realize this is the greatest kind of life one can lead.
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