Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 30 December 2019 - Year of Soka Victory - Toward Our 90th Anniversary

      

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

December 30, 2019 

Taking good care of our health is most important. In particular, it is vital for those who are advanced in years to get sufficient rest to avoid becoming fatigued. Sleep is the best medicine. I also hope you will put your wisdom to work and find various ways to improve and maintain your health.

 

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 From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

December 30, 2019 

In the yard around the hut the snow piled deeper and deeper. No one came to see me; my only visitor was the piercing wind. Great Concentration and Insight and the Lotus Sutra lay open before my eyes, and Nam-myoho-renge-kyo flowed from my lips. My evenings passed in discourse to the moon and stars on the fallacies of the various schools and the profound meaning of the Lotus Sutra. Thus, one year gave way to the next. 

The Actions of the Votary of the Lotus Sutra

This work is an autobiographical account covering the events of an important period in Nichiren Daishonin's life— from the time shortly before the Tatsunokuchi Persecution through his two-and-a-half-year exile on Sado Island to his eventual retirement to Mount Minobu.This letter was written in the year 1276 and addressed to the lay nun Konichi, a widow who lived in Awa, the Daishonin's native province.

 

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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda

December 30, 2019 

Defeat for a Buddhist lies not in encountering difficulties but rather in not challenging them. Difficulties only truly become our destiny if we run away from them. We must fight as long as we live.

 

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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (13 October 1957) p.342 

Attended a unit chiefs meeting in Numazu on the way back from the head temple. Along with the chapter chief, I poured my full effort into fostering the growth of capable individuals. Where the sun shines brightly, grass and trees will flourish. Convinced that where there is guidance in faith, a procession of able people will develop.

Fatigue accumulates with each passing day. If myo means "to revive," then how can I fail to be revitalized?