Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 03 July 2019 - Year of Soka Victory - Toward Our 90th Anniversary

    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

July 3, 2019 

Those who have a mentor in life are truly fortunate. The path of mentor and disciple is one that leads to personal development and growth. Those without a mentor may appear free and unbeholden to anyone, but without a solid standard or model on which to base themselves their lives will be aimless and wandering. 

Events

Day of Mentor and Disciple

1945 President Josei Toda is released from Toyotama Prison.

1957 President Daisaku Ikeda is arrested in Osaka on false charges.

 

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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

July 3, 2019 

Since the Lotus Sutra defines our body as the Dharma body of a Thus Come One, our mind as the reward body of a Thus Come One, and our actions as the manifested body of a Thus Come One, all who uphold and believe in even a single phrase or verse of this sutra will be endowed with the benefits of these three bodies. 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 922

The One Essential Phrase

Written to the lay nun Myoho on July 3, 1278

 

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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda

July 3, 2019 

A mentor is indispensable if we are to develop into people of outstanding character. Viewed on a deeper level, our relationship with our mentor can have an even greater significance for us than our relationship with our parents. In the mentor-disciple relationship, we can find the very essence for achieving victory in life.

 

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Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (08 June 1954) p.175 

A cool dreary day. My finances are marginal – like today's weather. Felt uninspired all day. Scolded severely by Mr. Toda in the evening. The leaders closest to him were also scolded. A day that starts out wrong, ends up the same. Carp try again and again to climb a waterfall. Grass and flowers that have been trod upon, blossom again. Surmounting many adversities, people achieve greatness. Must youth be a time of such emotional turmoil?