Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Please never turn your back on your faith. Courage is crucial. There is no room for faintheartedness in faith. The timid doom themselves to ridicule - from their partners, from their children, from their friends, from the world at large. The Daishonin declares that there is no place for cowards among his disciples. President Toda said the same.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, February 4, 2016
The Buddha taught that the blessings of a single offering to the votary of this sutra are a hundred, thousand, ten thousand, million times greater than those of offering countless treasures to Shakyamuni for eighty million kalpas. When one encounters this sutra, one will overflow with happiness and shed tears of joy. It seems impossible to repay one's debt to Shakyamuni. But by your frequent offerings to me deep in these mountains you will repay the merciful kindness of both the Lotus Sutra and Shakyamuni Buddha.
Letter to Niike
Written to Niike Saemon-no-jo in February 1280
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, February 4, 2016
You mustn't allow yourselves to grow old before your time. Please live with a youthful spirit. That is what Buddhism teaches us to do, and it is how life ought to be lived. If you make a commitment to work for the sake of others, you will be rejuvenated. If you devote your life to helping others, you'll stay young. The power of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo guarantees that.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (28 February 1951) p.93
Since today was payday, I stopped to by some sweets before visiting Y.'s in the evening. Ten or so people gathered to discuss business, and we talked of various matters as everyone shared the cakes I brought. Delighted to spend a few pleasant hours.
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