Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 9 October 2020 - Year of Advancement and Capable People



Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

October 9, 2020 

There may be times, certainly, when being a member of an organization seems bothersome and we just want to be alone. But how sad it is if we are left alone without any support and then lose our faith. True growth comes from striving together with our fellow members in the living realm of human beings, experiencing the rich gamut of human emotions.

 

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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

October 9, 2020

Admirable Nichiro, because you have read the entirety of the Lotus Sutra with both the physical and spiritual aspects of your life, you will also be able to save your father and mother, your six kinds of relatives, and all living beings. Others read the Lotus Sutra with their mouths alone, in word alone, but they do not read it with their hearts. And even if they read it with their hearts, they do not read it with their actions. It is reading the sutra with both one's body and mind that is truly praiseworthy!" 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 204Letter to Priest Nichiro in Prison

Written to Chikugo-bo Nichiro on October 9, 1271

 

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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda

October 9, 2020 

Those who say "I'll do it," who are willing to take on a challenge even if they are alone, are true winners. The determination, the commitment to take action yourself, is the force that leads to victory. As Buddhism teaches in the principle of a life-moment possesses three thousand realms, our mind or attitude can change everything.

 

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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (19 October 1955) p. 259

 

Suffered all day, immersed in pain. My temperature was 101.3° F. My head hurts, my back hurts. What kind of illness is this? Going to chant a thousand or two thousand daimoku. Must create a wellspring of life force. Must defeat this devilish illness. Must not die.