Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, April 26, 2015
What matters is winning in the end, the wins and losses along the way are of secondary significance. It's final victory in life that counts and that is the reason for our Buddhist practice. No matter how powerful or famous or privileged a person might be, Nichiren Daishonin says, from a Buddhist point of view it is all nothing more than a dream, an illusory pleasure; true happiness can only be attained by revealing the state of Buddhahood within our own life.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, April 26, 2015
There are two types of illness: minor and serious. Early treatment by a skilled physician can cure even serious illnesses, not to mention minor ones. Karma also may be divided into two categories: fixed and unfixed. Sincere repentance will eradicate even fixed karma, to say nothing of karma that is unfixed.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 954
On Prolonging One's Life Span
Written to the lay nun Myojo in 1279
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, April 26, 2015
As globalization proceeds, we enter an age in which everybody's actions strongly influence everybody else. When we realize this, we can then alter our mindset and strive to build a global society of mutual coexistence and mutual prosperity. This will be done by going beyond devotion to the interests of the nation-state and devoting ourselves to the interests of all humanity. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. The key to the solution is the imagination to care for others. It is the empathizing heart or what Buddhists refer to when they talk about mercy.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (19January 1960) p.466/467
I'm losing weight. Lost about twenty-five pounds since last April. Feel troubled. The devilish workings of sickness and death are harsh and fearful.
As long as I have faith in the Mystic Law, I can view my sickness as an intrinsic aspect of my life and in no way fail to transform great evil into great good. Will definitely recover my health within this year. Eradicating one's bad karma is no easy task.
No comments:
Post a Comment