Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, May 17, 2015
"Don't be dependent on anyone," this is my sentiment. We each have to strengthen and develop ourselves through our own efforts. We must never surrender to any foe or difficulty. We must be fearless. This is the true spirit of self-reliance.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, May 17, 2015
The sutra states: "If one [of these good men or women in the time after I have passed into extinction] is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one person, even one phrase of it, then you should know that he or she is the envoy of the Thus Come One. He has been dispatched by the Thus Come One and carries out the Thus Come One's work." Who else but us can this possibly refer to?"
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 385
The True Aspect of All Phenomena
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on May 17, 1273
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Wisdom is rooted in the souls of human beings. The way to acquire it is to follow the simple advice of Socrates: "Know thyself." This is the starting point for the establishment of a sense of human dignity, preventing the degradation of human beings into anonymous, interchangeable cogs in a machine. The essence of true knowledge is self-knowledge.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (24 February 1960) p.480
Travelling alone was very lonely. Wished I had been with some friends. My common, foolish mind is exhausted.
Am no match for President Toda's sharp intellect and his clear understanding of Buddhism.
I am happy I associate with good people, speak with good people, live with good people and advance with such good people. I am a man of truly good fortune.
Feel exhausted physically and spiritually from this six-day trip.
My wife and her parents from Yaguchi came to greet me at Yokohama Station.
I am the happiest man in the world, in every respect.
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