Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Position and appearances are irrelevant. The important thing is to carry out our personal duty, our commitment, no matter what anyone else may say. This is a life of true victory, a life of unsurpassed nobility and fulfillment.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, March 31, 2016
I have written out the prose section of the "Expedient Means" chapter for you. You should recite it together with the verse portion of the "Life Span" chapter, which I sent you earlier. The characters of this sutra are all without exception living Buddhas of perfect enlightenment. But because we have the eyes of ordinary people, we see them as characters.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 486
Reply to the Lay Priest Soya
Written to the lay priest Soya in March 1275
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Reading is dialogue with oneself; it is self-reflection, which cultivates profound humanity. Reading is therefore essential to our development. It expands and enriches the personality like a seed that germinates after a long time and sends forth many blossom-laden branches. People who can say of a book "this changed my life" truly understand the meaning of happiness. Reading that sparks inner revolution is desperately needed to escape drowning in the rapidly advancing information society. Reading is more than intellectual ornamentation, it is a battle for the establishment of the self, a ceaseless challenge that keeps us young and vigorous.
Daisaku Ikeda – A Youthful Diary (25 December 1952) p.125
Returned home, 11:30.
Many problems plague individuals, families, society and the world. Absolutely none is more important, however, than the problem of death.
My physical condition is poor. Even speaking is a burden. May have a fever. Had my wife give me an innoculation.
To bed, 1:50.
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