Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, August 22, 2015
It is not a question of your environment or those around you, nor what the organization or leaders may be like. To be swayed by such externals is pointless. It all comes down to one person: you. What matters is that you become a brilliant beacon, shining with joy and happiness and live your life with confidence and courage. If you shine with a radiant light, there can be no darkness in your life.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, August 22, 2015
By considering the magnitude of the punishment suffered by those who harbor enmity toward the Lotus Sutra, we can understand the magnitude of the benefits obtained by devoting oneself to it.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1095
Reply to Jibu-bo
Written to Jibu-bo on August 22, 1281
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, August 22, 2015
The times when I have most intensely felt and experienced the inner reality of creation have been those times when I have thrown myself wholeheartedly into a task, when I have carried through with that task to the very end. At such times, I experience a dramatically expanded sense of self. I can almost hear the joyous yell of victory issuing from the depths of my being.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (17 May 1950) p.22
Do society's brutal conflicts spring from the instinctive struggle to survive? Are they inevitable if one is to live and prosper? How base it all seems! It saddens me.
But with us it is different. Ultimately we must discern the nature and essence of such conflicts and discover the laws in operation there. Great thought and great statesmanship will spring from that understanding.
Clearly, a supreme philosophy will resolve the dissension.
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