Sensei's Daily Encouragement -17 August 2018 - ‘Year of Brilliant Achievement in the New Era of Worldwide Kosen Rufu

            

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

August 17, 2018

 

There is nothing more noble than inviting our friends to discussion meetings, gathering together to enable them to establish a connection with Buddhism, to talk about Buddhist teachings, and to deepen our faith. As the Lotus Sutra clearly indicates, through such steady, dedicated efforts to teach others about Buddhism, you are accumulating the good fortune and benefit to be reborn as great leaders and savour a state of unsurpassed freedom in lifetime after lifetime.

 

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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

August 17, 2018

 

Rice is what sustains life. It is like the oil that sustains the life of the lamp. The Lotus Sutra is a lamp, and its votary is the oil that sustains it. Or again, the lay supporters are the oil that sustains the lamp of the votary.

 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 983

King Rinda

Written to Soya Doso on August 17, 1279

 

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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda

August 17, 2018

 

The Buddhist teaching of the oneness of life and its environment tells us that humanity and the natural world are one. That is why if we wish to protect the environment, we must transform and purify the three poisons - greed, anger and foolishness - that exist in people's lives. The principle of human revolution focuses on precisely that: inner transformation at the most fundamental level.

 

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Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (18 September 1954) p.200/201

 

There are times I think about death and times I am filled with the joy of living. At times I give guidance, overflowing with profound gratitude and appreciation for the Mystic Law; at other times I only go through the motions, giving guidance and carrying out propagation out of obligation. At times I want to run to Sensei's side, while at others, I feel in the depths of my heart like avoiding him.

A lonesome youth. A young man gripped by a myriad emotions. Fateful days of youth. I can only advance with all my might. In any event, whether joyful of suffering, I must advance, as a child of the Gakkai.