Sunday 21 July 2019

Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 21 July 2019 - Year of Soka Victory - Toward Our 90th Anniversary


Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

July 21, 2019

  True and lasting happiness only and always comes from our own efforts, our own wisdom, our own good fortune. This is a fundamental truth. Faith is the key to strengthening our efforts, wisdom and good fortune; SGI activities are the key to strengthening ourselves.

 


 

 From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

July 21, 2019

  What can we say, then, of persons who are devoting themselves to Buddhism? Surely they should not forget the debts of gratitude they owe to their parents, their teachers and their country. But if one intends to repay these great debts of gratitude, one can hope to do so only if one learns and masters Buddhism, becoming a person of wisdom. 

 The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 690

On Repaying Debts of Gratitude

Written to Joken-bo and Gijo-bo on July 21, 1276

 



 Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda

July 21, 2019

 We can lose ourselves in romantic attachment, but the truth is, the euphoria is unlikely to last for long. Indeed, the likelihood of undergoing suffering and sadness only grows over time. As long as we remain unable to redress our own weaknesses, we will be miserable no matter where or to whom we may take flight. We can never become truly happy unless we ourselves undergo a personal transformation.

 


 Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (01 July 1954) p.185

 Hiromasa* stayed with my wife's parents. Talked quietly with my wife until late at night. Hope she will never become old. Want her to be eternally youthful.

 * Hiromasa Ikeda, the eldest son of SGI President Daisaku Ikeda born 28 April 1953 (author of My Path of Youth)










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