Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 9 August 2021 - Year of Hope and Victory

                    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
 August 9, 2021

The course of our lives is determined by how we react - what we decide and what we do - at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person's true worth and greatness.
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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
 August 9, 2021

The Buddha promised in the Lotus Sutra that, for women, the sutra will serve as a lantern in the darkness, as a ship when they cross the sea, and as a protector when they travel through dangerous places.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 614 
 The Supremacy of the Law
Written to Oto, the daughter of Nichimiyo in 1272
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
 August 9, 2021

Faith and daily life, faith and work - these are not separate things. They are one and the same. To think of them as separate - that faith is faith, and work is work - is theoretical faith. Based on the recognition that work and faith are one and the same, we should put 100 percent of our energy into our jobs and 100 percent into our faith, too. When we resolve to do this, we enter the path of victory in life. Faith means to show irrefutable proof of victory amid the realities of society and in our own daily lives.
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Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (25 August 1954) p.198 

A cool day. Feeling physically healthy. Must never forget faith. Must remember to maintain strict practice and training. I, myself, am weak. On my own, I am timid and cowardly. Strong faith is important. Need a strong senior; rather, a strong mentor in life. Then, I must become a strong disciple..
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