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



   Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

December 9, 2020 

Faith means infinite hope, and infinite hope resides in the SGI. As long as your faith is sincere, infinite glory, boundless good fortune and endless victory will unfold before you. You will never find yourselves at a dead end.

 

---

 From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

December 9, 2020 

"How great is the difference between the blessings received when a sage chants the daimoku and the blessings received when we chant it?" To reply, one is in no way superior to the other. The gold that a fool possesses is in no way different from the gold that a wise man possesses; a fire made by a fool is the same as a fire made by a wise man. However, there is a difference if one chants the daimoku while acting against the intent of this sutra. 

The Fourteen Slanders

Written near the end of 1276, this letter was a reply to the lay priest Matsuno Rokuro Saemon.

 

---

 

Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda

December 9, 2020 

Florence Nightingale, the founder of the modern nursing profession, proudly declared: "Let us be anxious to do well, not for selfish praise but to honour and advance the cause, the work we have taken up." The spirit to fulfill a noble mission is pure, strong, and beautiful. It is a spirit that we all should emulate.

 

---

 Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (19 March 1957) p.328 

Heavy fatigue from last night's train trip. Suffering from physical exhaustion all day. I don't like uneventful days. It is a difficult problem to change one's destiny.…

My quiet, rich and happy home. Powerful thoughts emerge as I chant daimoku. 

1. Lead a life for which I need make no excuse

2. Lead a sound and steady life.

3. Lead a healthy life. 

Another day of my youth has passed.