Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, September 7, 2015
Freedom doesn't mean an absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle. This is true freedom.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, September 7, 2015
The blessings from making offerings to a votary of the Lotus Sutra in the latter age exceed even those from making offerings to a Thus Come One endowed with the ten honorable titles, while those who persecute a votary of the Lotus Sutra in the defiled age will have their heads split into seven pieces.
Letter to the Lay Nun of Ko
Written to the lay nun of Ko on June 16, 1275
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, September 7, 2015
How painful and frightening is the prospect of death for human beings! No matter how wealthy or powerful we may be, all is vanity before death. Everything is empty, like a dream or an illusion. But people do not face this fact. Nichiren Buddhism teaches us that we can transform our karma and attain a supremely peaceful death that is the start of a journey to our next lives.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (04 Jun 1950) p.30
To practice and study the supreme Buddhism and possess in myself both confidence and conviction those are the most important things.
Is there any error in my present way of life? Or perhaps youth shouldn't hesitate and ponder every detail.
Youth has only to advance - with justice, passion and conviction.
Hardships dogs the footsteps of revolutionaries and pathfinders.
Suffering is youth's constant companion. But to break through those hardships and suffering and forge on - that is revolution.
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