Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
When something needs saying, it is our duty to speak out. When something is right, we should say so and when something is wrong or mistaken, we should likewise point it out. Cheating, lies or scheming should be denounced with alacrity. It is precisely because we have done this that the Soka Gakkai and SGI have developed to the extent they have. To say what must be said - that is the spirit of propagation and the essence of the Soka Gakkai and SGI.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
When it comes to studying the teachings of Buddhism, one must first learn to understand the time.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 538
The Selection of the Time
Written to Yui in 1275
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
"All right, let's get to work again!" this is the spirit of people of genuine substance. Those who avoid hard work or neglect the things they have to do, who just while away their time, eating, sleeping, playing, watching television - such individuals will never experience true happiness, satisfaction or joy.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (22 March 1960) p.491
The cemetery problem (in which cemeteries run by other sects refuse to inter Gakkai members' ashes) is getting out of hand. How can any religion be so cruel as to refuse the ashes of the deceased? A sign of the times - of the Latter Day of the Law. Such an act is tantamount to a religion denying its fundamental mission and thus its failure as a religion. Told those who have cemetery plots at Taiseki-ji, no matter what religion they belong to, can freely bury ashes there.
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