Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, May 23, 2016
We need to cultivate the spirit to live with self-assurance, to make our way joyously through life. We practice this faith precisely to forge such a strong and vibrant inner resolve.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, May 23, 2016
Ch'ung-hua and Y were the children of commoners, but both were extremely filial. Hearing of this, King Yao and King Shun summoned Ch'ung-hua and Y, and abdicated their thrones to them. Commoners became royalty in a day. Just as a commoner can become a king in this present life, so can an ordinary person become a Buddha instantly. This is the heart of the doctrine of three thousand realms in a single moment of life.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,page 323
Letter to the Sage Nichimyo
Written to Nichimyo on May 25, 1272
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, May 23, 2016
I believe that whether we can live a truly satisfying life to the end depends to a considerable extent on how we view death. Sadly, many older people are anxious and fearful about death. But, as a Buddhist, I find it helpful to compare the cycles of life and death to the daily rhythms of waking and sleeping. Just as we look forward to the rest sleep brings after the efforts and exertions of the day, death can be seen as a welcome period of rest and re-energizing in preparation for a new round of active life. And just as we enjoy the best sleep after a day in which we have done our very best, a calm and easy death can only follow a life lived to the fullest without any regrets.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (9 January 1954) p.153/54
Must deepen my study of Buddhism... The reason is that study is unquestionably the Gakkai's cornerstone. It is therefore a leader's most essential qualification. Enthusiasm and practice are also vital. In this connection, study becomes all the more important.
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