Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 19 October 2020 - Year of Advancement and Capable People



    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

October 19, 2020 

No matter what happens, please continue to chant daimoku - in both good times and bad, irrespective of joys or sorrows, happiness or suffering. Then you will be able to seize victory in your daily life and in society.

 

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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

October 19, 2020 

Though the moon is forty thousand yojanas high in the heavens, its reflection appears instantly in a pond on the earth; and the sound of the drum at the Gate of Thunder is immediately heard a thousand, ten thousand ri in the distance. Though you remain in Sado, your heart has come to this province. The way of attaining Buddhahood is just like this. Though we live in the impure land, our hearts reside in the pure land of Eagle Peak . Merely seeing each other's face would in itself be insignificant. It is the heart that is important. 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 949

The Drum at the Gate of Thunder

Written tot he lay nun Sennichi on October 19, 1278

 

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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda

October 19, 2020 

Our individual experiences of triumph over our problems give courage and hope to many others. Our personal victories, in other words, become parables expressing the power of the Mystic Law. And those who hear our experiences can share them with still others.

 

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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (06 November 1955) p. 266 

Trying to reflect thoroughly on my way of giving guidance. 

1. Guidance should be clear and to the point

2. Guidance should express a purpose or objective

3. Guidance should be given with the Buddhist spirit of compassion and filled with confidence.