Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 21 August 2021 - Year of Hope and Victory

                    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
August 21, 2021

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 3,000 realms, our mind or attitude can change everything.
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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
August 21, 2021

T'ien-tai states, "By observing the fury of the rain, we can tell the greatness of the dragon that caused it, and by observing the flourishing of the lotus flowers, we can tell the depth of the pond they grow in." Miao-lo says, "Wise men can perceive the cause of things, as snakes know the way of snakes." When the skies are clear, the ground is illuminated. Similarly, when one knows the Lotus Sutra, one understands the meaning of all worldly affairs. 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 376
The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind Established in the Fifth Five-Hundred-Year Period after the Thus Come One's Passing
Written to Toki Jonin on April 25, 1273
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
August 21, 2021

It is important to remember that your worth as a person is not based on your profession. It is not based on wealth, fame or academic credentials. What counts is how hard you have striven in your chosen path, how much good you have accomplished, how earnestly you have devoted your energies to it. It is your spirit of devotion, your sincerity, that determines your true worth.
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Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (28 October 1954) p.204 

A meeting to plan upcoming guidance and direction was conducted in the second president's room. The participants' views and opinions did not mesh. A problem. Would like to see the directorate develop a step further. If the senior leaders fails to develop their life-condition, how can their juniors feel any joy or happiness?
Live powerfully, to become an ally of people of the future. Fight powerfully, to become the friend of sincere and honest people. Advance powerfully, to break through conservatism and create reform.
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