Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Life flashes by in an instant. By devoting our lives to Buddhism, we will live a life of complete fulfillment. We are selling ourselves short if we fail to attain such a wonderful state of life.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
This Gohonzon is the essence of the Lotus Sutra and the eye of all the scriptures. It is like the sun and moon in the heavens, a great ruler on earth, the heart in a human being, the wish-granting jewel among treasures and the pillar of a house. When we have this mandala with us, it is a rule that all Buddhas and gods will gather round and watch over us, protecting us like a shadow day and night, just as warriors guard their ruler, as parents love their children, as fish rely on water, as trees and plants crave rain, or as birds depend on trees.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 624
On Upholding Faith in the Gohonzon
Written to the lay nun Myoshin on August 25, 1275
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
One of the fascinating things about human beings is this: Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude. But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (20 May 1950) p.23
"Appreciation for one's parents is so fundamental that one scarcely need speak of it, but I particularly respect the kindness of my mother which is indelibly etched upon my heart." - (GZ, 398)
Courage is a special talent of youth. To make my mother and father happy, rebuild our business, establish my own foundation and save the nation - courage is the root of it all.
Moved to tears by the Daishonin's concern for his mother.
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Read until late at night. Distressed by my empty stomach.
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