Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 28 July 2020 - Year of Advancement and Capable People

    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

July 28, 2020 

Life is a process of ongoing challenge. Those who lead lives of boundless challenge realize boundless growth. In a time of tumultuous change, what people need most is the vitality to challenge their circumstances and the wisdom to open the treasure-house of knowledge and to ceaselessly strive to create new value.

 

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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

July 28, 2020 

Since I have realized that only the Lotus Sutra teaches the attainment of Buddhahood by women, and that only the Lotus is the sutra of true requital for repaying the kindness of our mother, in order to repay my debt to my mother, I have vowed to enable all women to chant the daimoku of this sutra. 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 931

The Sutra of True Requital

Written to the lay nun Sennichi on July 28, 1278

 

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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda

July 28, 2020 

The Buddha's compassion is perfectly equal and impartial. The Buddha views all beings as his own children and strives to elevate them to attain his same enlightened state of life. It's not that there are no differences among people. Rather, it's that the Buddha, while fully recognizing people's differences, does not discriminate among them.

 

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Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (14 July 1954) p.190 

Sensei seemed busy with the transcript of his ten major lectures. Disappointed that I could not speak with him for quite some time. Can distinctly sense the power of his wondrous ability. 

Must accomplish the following: 

1. Support T. Chapter until the very end.

2. Help K. Chapter from the side.

3. Allow S. Chapter to grow and develop until it is the same as our chapter.

4. Make plans for the youth division to advance several more steps. 

Must always arrange things in my mind, then put them into practice.