Sensei's Daily Encouragement - April 06 2022 - The year of Youth and Dynamic Progress

            
  

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
April 6, 2020

There is no retirement age in faith. Sincere faith never ages. Those who exert themselves for the sake
of the Law are ever young. Our heart is what matters most. Let us strive to the
end of our days for kosen-rufu.
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From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
April 6, 2020

So if a woman makes offerings to the Lotus Sutra now in the last five hundred year period, [Bodhisattva
Gladly Seen's] benefits will all be bequeathed to her without exception, just as
a wealthy man transfers his entire fortune to his only

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 911
An Outline of the "Entrustment" and Other Chapters
Written to Nichinyo on June 25, 1278
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
April 6, 2020

Pure and committed practice of Nichiren Buddhism entirely changes the meaning of hardships in our lives. We no longer view challenges and trials as negatives to be avoided but as things
which, when overcome, bring us closer to our attainment of Buddhahood.
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (22 January

1953) p.133

Went to bed thinking about Mr. Toda. Have I served him

well until today, or have I not? Have I acted sincerely? Have I travelled the path
of mentor and disciple honorably? Ashamed of my incompetence as a disciple.
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