Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
It is important to have a sufficiently elevated life-condition so that you will be able to calmly accept whatever happens in life, striving to put problems into proper perspective and solving them with a positive attitude. Happiness blossoms forth from such a strong and all-encompassing life-condition.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Take these teachings to heart, and always remember that believers in the Lotus Sutra should absolutely be the last to abuse one another. All those who keep faith in the Lotus Sutra are most certainly Buddhas, and one who slanders a Buddha commits a grave offence.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 756
The Fourteen Slanders
Written to the lay priest Matsuno Rokuro Saemon on December 9, 1276
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
It's valuable to look for the strengths in others - you gain nothing by criticizing people's imperfections. In fact, it is helpful to take a step back, for even a moment each day, and try to consider the feelings and positive qualities of others of whom you are critical.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (21 October 1955) p. 259/260
Quite fatigued. Understand the severe difficulty of changing my destiny and transforming my fate and the strictness of my past slander's effects. Truly sense life's eternal nature with my entire being. Without this, it would be a contradiction to say I understand this life. Remained in the office all day, resting my body and thinking about many things.
Life is like a dream. Since this is the case, I shall be satisfied if I can spend each day, my entire life, fully exerting myself.
Wouldn't mind being a businessman or a politician or even an average person who lives life deeply.
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