Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, October 1, 2015
I hope that leaders will earnestly pray for the prosperity, safety and happiness of the members who are all so infinitely noble and praiseworthy. May you also never forget to develop yourselves and pray to become people who are liked and trusted by the members, who can work unstintingly for the members' happiness and well-being.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, October 1, 2015
I do not know whether these trials equal or surpass those of the Buddha. Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, T'ien-t'ai, and Dengyo, however, cannot compare with me in what they suffered. Had it not been for the advent of Nichiren in the Latter Day of the Law, the Buddha would have been a teller of great lies, and the testimony given by Many Treasures and by the Buddhas of the ten directions would have been false. In the 2,230 and more years since the Buddha's passing, Nichiren is the only person in the entire land of Jambudvipa who has fulfilled the Buddha's words.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 997
On Persecutions Befalling the Sage
Written to all followers (and entrusted to Shijo Kingo on October 1, 1279)
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Time is constantly passing, one moment following fast upon the other. That's why it's so important to press forward boldly, without complaining or fretting. The person who looks to the future and keeps moving ahead is eternally youthful. Such a person's heart is filled with flowers and shines brilliantly.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (16 July 1950) p.39
Mr. Toda's business seems in grave difficulty. I see bad signs both inside and outside the company...
It tears my heart to see my co-workers leaving the company.
Who is going to stand up and take responsibility both in the business and in the Gakkai?
My mission grows heavier and greater.
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