Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 16 November 2021 - Year of Hope and Victory



            

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
November 16, 2021

When we speak of showing actual proof, it doesn't mean we have to try to put on a show of being in any way more knowledgeable or accomplished than we are. It is my hope that, in the manner that best suits your situation, you will prove the validity of this Buddhism by steadily improving in your daily life and in polishing your character, as well as in your family, place of work and community.
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 From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
 November 16, 2021

Thus it seemed that I could not possibly escape with my life. Whatever the design of the heavenly gods in the matter may have been, every single steward and Nembutsu believer worthy of the name kept strict watch on my hut day and night, determined to prevent anyone from communicating with me. Never in any lifetime will I forget how under those circumstances you, with Abutsu-bo carrying a wooden container of food on his back, came in the night again and again to bring me aid. 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 932
The Sutra of True Requital
Written to the lay nun Sennichi on July 28, 1278
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 Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
 November 16, 2021

The real essence and practice of humanism is found in heartfelt, one-to-one dialogue. Be it summit diplomacy or the various interactions of private citizens in different lands, genuine dialogue has the kind of intensity described by the great twentieth-century humanist and philosopher Martin Buber as an encounter "on the narrow ridge" in which the slightest inattention could result in a precipitous fall. Dialogue is indeed this kind of intense, high-risk encounter.
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (03 December 1956) p.306 

Each day has become hectic. Especially since now is the year end. It seems that without adequate physical, spiritual and mental strength, one cannot accomplish anything great. The unity of body and mind. Life is ultimately a manifestation of its inner reality. This is not merely spiritual. It is the oneness of body and mind. We call this myoho, The Mystic Law.
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