Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 15 November 2021 - Year of Hope and Victory



             

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
 November 15, 2021 

Please steadily advance along the fundamental path of "faith manifests itself in daily life," living in the way that best suits you. Just as the sun rises every day, if you persistently advance based on the Mystic Law, the absolute Law of the universe, you will definitely be able to lead a life in which all desires are fulfilled, a life that you cannot now even conceive of. Please be convinced that you are now leading the most certain and valuable life.
________________________________

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
 November 15, 2021 

The benefit of all the other sutras is uncertain, because they teach that one must first make good causes and only then can one become a Buddha at some later time. With regard to the Lotus Sutra, when one's hand takes it up, that hand immediately attains Buddhahood, and when one's mouth chants it, that mouth is itself a Buddha, as, for example, the moon is reflected in the water the moment it appears from behind the eastern mountains, or as a sound and its echo arise simultaneously. 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1099
Wu-lung and I-lung
Written to the lay nun Ueno on November 15, 1281
________________________________
 
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
 November 15, 2021 

We are always changing. If you decide passively, "I'm a quiet type now, so I'll just go through life being quiet," then you won't fully realize your unique potential. On the other hand, you can challenge yourself to become someone, who, though quiet and reserved by nature, will nevertheless say what needs to be said at the right moment, clearly and completely, someone who has the courage to speak out and stand up for the truth.
________________________________
 
Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (02 December 1956) p.305/6

 Went to the public baths alone and spent the morning there.
Read while lying down until nightfall. My wife's mother came by. She is always a wonderful mother. Miss my own mother. Promised to buy my wife and her mother each a new obi. This is my greatest gift – to let them be beautiful, be happy and enjoy themselves.
 Obi (帯, おび) is a sash for traditional Japanese dress.
_____________________________