Sensei's Daily Encouragement - January 21 2023 - Year of Youth and Triumph.



    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
January 21, 2023
 
Humanity today lacks hope and vision for the future. It is for precisely this reason that the Bodhisattvas of the Earth have appeared. Without your presence, the future of humanity would be bleak and spiritual decline its destination. That is why you have been born in this age and are now playing an active role in society. This is the meaning of jiyu, or "emerging from the earth." Consequently, each of you will definitely become happy. Please be confident that you will lead lives overflowing with good fortune throughout the three existences of past, present and future.
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From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
January 21, 2023
 
I hope all those who are serious in their resolve will gather in one place and listen to this letter.
 
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 622
The Problem to Be Pondered Night and Day
Written to Toki Jonin on August 12, 1275
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
January 21, 2023
 
We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance. Likewise, we do not see that the Buddha exists in our own hearts - Nichiren
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (21 November 1957) p.357
 
Worried about Sensei all day. When I consider the Gakkai's future, I realize I, too have hit rock bottom in terms of health, nerves and fatigue. Visited barber shop in the early evening. Somewhat refreshed.
 
Day after day is a battle of human revolution. Like a human projectile, I will throw myself into battle again today and prevail while chanting daimoku. This is my entire life; the ultimate essence of faith.
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