Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, August 15, 2015
The first thing is to pray. From the moment we begin to pray, things start moving. The darker the night, the closer the dawn. From the moment we chant daimoku with a deep and powerful resolve, the sun begins to rise in our hearts. Hope - prayer is the sun of hope. To chant daimoku each time we face a problem, overcoming it and elevating our life-condition as a result - this is the path of "changing earthly desires into enlightenment," taught in Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism.
Events
1964 World Tribune publishes first issue.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, August 15, 2015
I, Nichiren, have inscribed my life in sumi ink, so believe in the Gohonzon with your whole heart. The Buddha's will is the Lotus Sutra, but the soul of Nichiren is nothing other than Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
Reply to Kyo'o
Written to Kyo'o and her parents, Nichigen-nyo and Shijo Kingo, on August 15, 1273
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, August 15, 2015
The world is growing increasingly interrelated and interdependent. We have reached a point where, in order to deal with not only environmental problems but every other issue confronting humankind, leaders with a broad, global perspective are indispensable. Everything hinges on how many capable leaders we can produce who are willing to fight wholeheartedly for the world's future and the happiness of humanity.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (03 January 1950 p.18)
Ah, how happy I am!
Serving under my master
for eternity...
Overslept this morning. Running behind schedule. Wolfed down two helpings of breakfast at the K. restaurant. A bachelor is such a casual creature! Inevitably disorder creeps into his life and causes him trouble.
Already a year since I left home.
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