Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, December 5, 2015
If you practice faith yet have an attitude of complaint, you will destroy your good fortune in direct proportion. Those who are full of complaint are not respected by others. From both Buddhist and secular perspectives, their behaviour does not befit a wise or worthy person.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Money serves various purposes according to our needs. The same is true of the Lotus Sutra. It will be a lantern in the dark or a boat at a crossing. At times it will be water, and at other times, fire. This being so, the Lotus Sutra assures us of "peace and security in this life and good circumstances in the next."
This letter was written to Hojo Yagenta, a lay believer in Kamakura in 1274
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Inconspicuous virtue brings conspicuous reward. From the perspective of Buddhism, we never fail to receive the effect of our actions, whether good or bad; therefore, it's meaningless to be two-faced or to pretend to be something we're not.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (17 November 1950) p.62
Read "On Practicing the Buddha's Teachings."
Deeply realized the necessity of courageous faith.
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
In the end, our powers of faith and practice determine everything. The Gohonzon possesses the power of the Buddha and the Law. Only by our own faith can we prove, test and acquire the great power of the supreme Law embodied in the Gohonzon.
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