Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, December 20, 2015
President Toda used to say: "Don't be impatient. Since you have embraced the Gohonzon, your situation will definitely improve. There's no need to worry. Sure there will be hard times, times when you feel like crying. But as long as you have the Gohonzon, your life will become bright and joyful." As long as we persevere in faith, we will become happy. We must never doubt this no matter what happens but always advance resolutely, staunchly enduring all hardships and obstacles along the way. This is what true faith is.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, December 20, 2015
In the past, Virtue Victorious offered a mudpie to the Buddha, and was reborn as King Ashoka... A poor woman cut off her hair and sold it to buy oil [for the Buddha], and not even the winds sweeping down from Mount Sumeru could extinguish the flame of the lamp fed by this oil. Accordingly, your offerings of two and three strings of coins are far greater even than those of the ruler of Japan , who may offer the nation and build a pagoda adorned with the seven kinds of treasures that reaches to the heaven of the thirty-three gods.
This letter was written at Minobu in 1280 to a woman named Onichi-nyo
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Creation is quite different from mere ideas. Even ideas require fundamental and extensive speculative accumulation. It goes without saying that creation in learning demands an incomparably greater fundamental ability. The task of creation is like a lofty mountain whose summit is formed only when there exist vast slopes and a solid foundation. Likewise, the fruitful work of creation can only be attained when it is based on the extensive knowledge of learning and profound speculation.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (23 December 1950) p.69
Only one week remains of this year.
This year truly has been a succession of misfortunes. Yet the Mystic Law's power will transform great evil into great good.
Until the last day, I shall fight, brandishing the sword of the Law - for Mr. Toda, for myself, for the Gakkai, for the company, for the Japanese people and for humanity.
Both our company and the Soka Gakkai are like the morning sun - now about to rise and dispel the darkness.
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