Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, October 11, 2015
It is important to have a sufficiently elevated life-condition so that you will be able to calmly accept whatever happens in life, striving to put problems into proper perspective and solving them with a positive attitude. Happiness blossoms forth from such a strong and all-encompassing life-condition.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Take these teachings to heart, and always remember that believers in the Lotus Sutra should absolutely be the last to abuse one another. All those who keep faith in the Lotus Sutra are most certainly Buddhas, and one who slanders a Buddha commits a grave offence.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 756
The Fourteen Slanders
Written to the lay priest Matsuno Rokuro Saemon on December 9, 1276
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, October 11, 2015
It's valuable to look for the strengths in others - you gain nothing by criticizing people's imperfections. In fact, it is helpful to take a step back, for even a moment each day, and try to consider the feelings and positive qualities of others of whom you are critical.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (11 August 1950) p.42
I feel truly sorry for Mr. Toda. He was badly scolded by A. So was I, for that matter. This is all training for me. Our company's affairs grow worse and worse.
I want to protect Mr. Toda. Somehow, in any way I can.
I am myself. I am what I am.
He who seeks to learn my name does not know me. Don't ask my name. Touch me, life to life.
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