March 2, 2018
There is a saying, "To start an undertaking is easy, to maintain it is difficult." Though creating something new may seem daunting, it is in fact easy when compared to the far more challenging task of carrying on an existing enterprise, to keep it going, to develop it further. Everything depends on people, on capable successors. And our movement for kosen-rufu depends on young people. For that reason I am determined to do all that I can right now to raise genuine successors in the youth division.
March 2, 2018
In the end it is nothing other than the loving kindness with which the woman cares for her child that makes the difference. Her concern concentrates on one thing just like the Buddhist practice of concentration. She thinks of nothing but her child, which is similar to Buddhist compassion. That must be why, although she created no other causes to bring it about, she was reborn in the Brahma heaven.
Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 283
The Opening of the Eyes
The Opening of the Eyes
Written to Shijo Kingo in February 1272
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
March 2, 2018
The important thing is not whether we are optimistic or pessimistic but rather that, while keeping a careful eye on reality, we are neither overwhelmed by it nor content with the status quo. We must keep the lamps of our ideals alight while being ready to pioneer uncharted paths. Faith in life and in the human spirit is the necessary foundation for this approach.
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (19 March 1958) p.388
Nerves and body truly fatigued from overseeing transportation for the monthlong pilgrimage commemorating the Grand Lecture Hall completion. For the remaining ten days, want to fulfill my mission honorably, with renewed resolution and without regret. My life's most noble work is to sincerely guide those awakened to the True Law…
Must seriously consider the Gakkai's future and how I will contribute. Yes – after all, there is no other way than to chant to and entrust everything to the Gohonzon.
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