Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 7 October 2021 - Year of Hope and Victory

            

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
October 7, 2021

What will the future be like? No one knows the answer to that question. All we know is that the effects that will appear in the future are all contained in the causes that are made in the present. The important thing, therefore, is that we stand up and take action to achieve great objectives without allowing ourselves to be distracted or discouraged by immediate difficulties.
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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
October 7, 2021

It seems to me that on the path to attain Buddhahood it may invariably be when one has done something like lay down one's life that one becomes a Buddha. I think that perhaps it is encountering such difficulties as have already been explained in the sutra being cursed, vilified, attacked with swords and staves, shards and rubble, and banished again and again that is reading the Lotus Sutra with one's life. My faith springs up all the more, and I am confident about my next existence. 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 202
Banishment to Sado
Writen to Enjo-bo in October 1271
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 Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
October 7, 2021

If you remain sincere in your interactions with others, you will one day find yourself surrounded by good friends. And among those people, your friendships will be as strong and unshakable as towering trees. Don't be impatient. Work first on developing yourself, and you can rest assured that an infinite number of wonderful encounters await you in the future.
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 Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (14 October 1955) p. 257 

Talked with G. at my house. Very low spirits. For both G. and myself, next spring's House of Councillors election will be a decisive first battle. If we fail, the pace of kosen-rufu will be impaired.
Want to score a solid victory in my maiden battle, not for myself, not for honor, but to realize the principles of Buddhism within society. My own mission has become all the more important. When viewed from the standpoint of 'consistency from beginning to end,' this battle will be the beginning, and all future elections, the end. If beginning and end are consistent, then this is the key battle, the one we must win.
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