Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 04 January 2020 - Year of Advancement and Capable People

      

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

January 4, 2020 

Life is a series of changes, a succession of ups and downs. But those who possess a prime point, a home to which they can return no matter what happens, are strong. To come home to the world of friendship in the SGI, to talk things over and prepare for a fresh departure - this is the way I hope all of you will live. When you do, you will advance upon a fundamentally unerring path to happiness.

 

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From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

January 4, 2020 

You are already a lay practitioner and therefore one of the "good men" described in the sutra. One who listens to even a sentence or phrase of the sutra and cherishes it deep in one's heart may be likened to a ship that crosses the sea of the sufferings of birth and death. The Great Teacher Miao-lostated, "Even a single phrase cherished deep in one's heart will without fail help one reach the opposite shore. To ponder one phrase and practice it is to exercise navigation." 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 33

A Ship to Cross the Sea of ​​Suffering

Written to Shiji Shiro on April 28, 1961

 

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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda

January 4, 2020 

The essential teaching of Buddhism is that the life of the Buddha resides in every plant and tree, even in the smallest dust mote. It's a philosophy founded on a profound reverence for life.

 

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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (18 October 1957) p. 344 

A day I will remember as long as I live. The first court session began at 2:00. It ended with the verification of the defendants' identity. 

Dashed to Kobe in the evening to give guidance. Two thousand and several hundred members gathered. The battle has finally begun.

Know that now is the opportune time to advance in faith!

My friends! Advance resolutely, toward the next victory!

I, too, will fight!