Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, July 20, 2015
Our lives are ruled by impermanence. But simply realizing that changes nothing. There is no value in bleak pessimism. The challenge is how to create something of enduring value within the context of our impermanent lives. The Lotus Sutra teaches us how to do this.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, July 20, 2015
To speak out without fearing others and without flinching before society this is what the sutra means when it says, "We care nothing for our bodies or lives but are anxious only for the unsurpassed way." It is not that one does not recall the calumny, the staves and stones that were suffered by Bodhisattva Never Disparaging. It is not that one is unafraid of the world. It is just that the censure of the Lotus Sutra is even more severe.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1017
Letter to Akimoto
Written to Akimoto Taro Hyo-no-jo on January 27, 1280
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, July 20, 2015
Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood. Do not have doubts simply because heaven does not lend you protection. Do not be discouraged because you do not enjoy an easy and secure existence in this life. This is what I have taught my disciples morning and evening, and yet they begin to harbour doubts and abandon their faith – Nichiren
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (02 June 1949) p.4
All men strive to impress, and I'm no different. Leaders of the future, however, must be men of real capability. Must remember the spirit of our forebears, the men of old.
The times advance, day by day. I want to be someone who can keep pace with that advance - no, who can lead it!
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