Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 20 September 2021 - Year of Hope and Victory

             

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
September 20, 2021

When your determination changes, everything else will begin to move in the direction you desire. The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success. On the other hand, if you think "This is never going to work out," then at that instant every cell in your being will be deflated and give up the fight, and then everything really will move in the direction of failure.
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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
September 20, 2021

All those who keep faith in the Lotus Sutra are most certainly Buddhas, and one who slanders a Buddha commits a grave offense. When one chants the daimoku bearing in mind that there are no distinctions among those who embrace the Lotus Sutra, then the blessings one gains will be equal to those of Shakyamuni Buddha.
 
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 756
The Fourteen Slanders
Written to the lay priest Matsuno Rokuro Saemon on December 9, 1276
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
September 20, 2021

 There has never been, nor will there ever be, a Buddha who does not encounter hardships. Only by struggling against difficulties can we attain the life-state of Buddhahood. Herein lies the essence of Buddhism.
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (21/22 May 1955) p.241
 
Busy all morning. Left on the 12:30 express to give a lecture in Osaka. Completed lecturing on "How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra". Utterly disappointed at my own lack of study.
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Tired from staying up late last night. Out of bed at 7:00. Heavily fatigued, both physically and spiritually. Reflected seriously about the inadequacy of my lecture. The study meeting continued until noon.
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