Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, May 12, 2016
I want you to understand the subtle workings of the mind. How you orient your mind, the kind of attitude you take, greatly influences both you yourself and your environment. The Buddhist principle of a single life-moment encompassing 3,000 realms completely elucidates the true aspect of life's inner workings. Through the power of strong inner resolve, we can transform ourselves, those around us and the land in which we live.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, May 12, 2016
The Lotus Sutra is both the teaching of the Buddha and the embodiment of the Buddha wisdom. If one puts sincere faith in each character and brushstroke in it, then one will become a Buddha in one's present form.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 969
The Teaching That Accords with the Buddha's Mind
Written to Niike Saemon-no-jo on May 2, 1279
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Human society, as viewed with the "eyes of Buddhism," takes on a completely different meaning from that discerned by "secular eyes." No longer are the powerful above and ordinary people below. Status does not make people great, and authority does not make them noble. Instead, it is people wholeheartedly dedicated to a lofty ideal who shine the brightest.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (12 October 1953) p.147
In the evening, a few members from my YMD corps came by for guidance. I feel great affection for them. Sincerely hope they will never abandon their faith. They are all great. Each courageously battling his own obstacles in order to save the people, each struggling with his own difficulties. How praiseworthy! Must pay heartfelt attention to each individual.
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