Re: Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 29 September 2019 - Year of Soka Victory - Toward Our 90th Anniversary

    Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

September 29, 2019 

Faith, which at first glance may appear weak, is actually the most powerful force in the world. Many people put on a show of being strong, but true strength has nothing to do with appearances. On the contrary, we usually find that the weaker the individual, the greater their bravado or outward display of strength.

 

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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

September 29, 2019 

The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain ‚ as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honour than to live to 120 and die in disgrace. Live so that all the people of Kamakura will say in your praise that Nakatsukasa Saburo Saemon-no-jo is diligent in the service of his lord, in the service of Buddhism, and in his concern for other people. 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 851

The Three Kinds of Treasure

Written to Shijo Kingo on September 11, 1277

 

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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda

September 29, 2019 

A sword is useless in the hands of a coward. The mighty sword of the Lotus Sutra must be wielded by one courageous in faith. Then one will be as strong as a demon armed with an iron staff - Nichiren

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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (30 September 1955) p.250 

A youth division staff meeting at 6:00 at the headquarters. Nothing conclusive arose, as everyone promoted his personal viewpoint. They are forgetting their great mission and objective, their ideas stemming only from their own abilities or intellect. Had Sensei been present, they would have reached a conclusion right away. Frightening. The spirit and significance of the youth division staff conference President Toda entrusted to us has already been lost.