Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
There are various kinds of careers and roles that people fill in society. While each role of course has significance, the fundamental role that we each play as a Buddhist is that of philosopher of life and of humanity who can impart eternal value to humankind. We are leaders of happiness and creators of peace. In this sense, our role is unique.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Moreover, as life does not go beyond the moment, the Buddha expounded the blessings that come from a single moment of rejoicing [on hearing the Lotus Sutra]. If two or three moments were required, this could no longer be called the original vow of the Buddha endowed with great impartial wisdom, the single vehicle of the teaching that directly reveals the truth and leads all living beings to attain Buddhahood.
Questions and Answers about Embracing the Lotus Sutra
Recipient unknown; written in March 1263
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Our lives are our own. It is not for someone else to dictate to us how we should live them. All that awaits those who allow themselves to be continually swayed by what other people say or do is unhappiness. We simply need to have the self-belief to be able to say: "This is right. This is the path I will follow. I am content." Happiness is born from such inner fortitude.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (07 October 1950) p.52/53
Vexed at my dilapidated shoes and worn-out clothing.
Youth!
You are young.
Your youth itself makes you stronger than anyone.
We should practice without forgetting
our self-awakening.
If we do not live joyfully
then where is the joy of humankind?
Our bewilderment and fear
are mere illusion, like young shoots
trembling in the air.
Young leaves are fragrant. They endure
through heat and cold.
We must remember their image.
Our thinking, effort, devotion and practice:
All these will become our flesh and
blood; remember this.
Society is not a playground.
Develop a self that can endure, whatever the times and
society may bring.
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