Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 24 July 2021 - Year of Hope and Victory



                    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
July 24, 2021

 Our lives are our own. It is not for someone else to dictate to us how we should live them. All that awaits those who allow themselves to be continually swayed by what other people say or do is unhappiness. We simply need to have the self-belief to be able to say: "This is right. This is the path I will follow. I am content." Happiness is born from such inner fortitude. Moreover, those who earnestly devote themselves in accord with the Mystic Law cannot fail to realize lives of total fulfillment.
 
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 From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
July 24, 2021

  The Great Teacher Nan-yueh has stated, "If one sees a foe of the Lotus Sutra and yet fails to censure him, one becomes a slanderer of the Law and will fall into the hell of incessant suffering." Even a man of great wisdom, if he sees such a person and fails to speak out, will fall into the depths of the hell of incessant suffering, and as long as that hell shall endure, he will never escape.
 
 The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1021
Letter to Akimoto
Written Akimoto Taro Hyo-no-jo on January 27, 1280
 
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 Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
July 24, 2021

  The Argentine educator Almafuerte wrote: "To the weak, difficulty is a closed door. To the strong, however, it is a door waiting to be opened." Difficulties impede the progress of those who are weak. For the strong, however, they are an opportunity to open wide the doors to a bright future. Everything is determined by our attitude, by our resolve.
 
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Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (07 July 1954) p.188

 In good physical condition. Overjoyed. As usual, talked with staff members all morning. Seems that those who lead leisurely, uneventful lives become unhappy, while those who courageously challenge many waves of adversity find meaning in their lives...
 
My wife is three months pregnant. Feeling my responsibility growing heavier each day. As a man of responsibility, I will courageously fight to open the way, no matter what hardships I may face, for my wife and for my children.
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