Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, May 14, 2016
Kosen-rufu is a long-term struggle we are pursuing over the 10,000 years of the Latter Day. Therefore, as we strive to realize victory in the present, we need to maintain a vision of the next fifty or 100 years. Each day I am making efforts with my focus on the infinite future.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, May 14, 2016
The Lotus Sutra states, "[The doctrines that they preach. . . ] will never be contrary to the true reality." T'ien-t'ai commented on this, saying that "no worldly affairs of life or work are ever contrary to the true reality." A person of wisdom is not one who practices Buddhism apart from worldly affairs but, rather, one who thoroughly understands the principles by which the world may be governed.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1121
The Kalpa of Decrease
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Saturday, May 14, 2016
What can the individual accomplish in the face of the huge institutions that run our world? This feeling of powerlessness fuels a vicious cycle that only worsens the situation and increases people's sense of futility. At the opposite extreme of this sense of powerlessness lie the Lotus Sutra's philosophy of three thousand realms in a single moment of life and the application of this teaching to our daily lives. This principle teaches us that the inner determination of an individual can transform everything; it gives ultimate expression to the infinite potential and dignity inherent in each human life.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (13 October 1953) p.147
Ah, how time passes. A new time must come. I await that time. I live for that time. Must make meaningful progress during my youth. Whether in suffering or sadness, must remain youthful like a child of the Gakkai – fresh and alive.
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