Sensei's Daily Encouragement - March 11 2023 - Year of Youth and Triumph.

    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
March 11, 2023

All right, let's get to work again!" This is the spirit of people of genuine substance. Those who avoid hard work or neglect the things they have to do, who just while away their time, eating, sleeping, playing, watching television -- such individuals will never experience true happiness, satisfaction or joy.
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From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
March 11, 2023

You, yourself, are a Thus Come One who is originally enlightened and endowed with the three bodies. You should chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with this conviction. Then the place where you chant daimoku will become the dwelling place of the treasure tower.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 299
On the Treasure Tower
Written to Abutsu-bo Nittoku on March 13, 1272
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
March 11, 2023

The Indian philosopher Swami Vivekananda declared: "It is religion, maker of men, that we need. It is education, maker of men that we need." Fostering people, building character - this is absolutely fundamental for creating a bright future. Toward this end, both the profound spirituality of religion and the intellectual illumination of education are essential.
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Daisaku Ikeda – A Youthful Diary (8 June 1951) p. 115

1. Write a poem titled "Forward, White Horse!"

2. Reflect on myself for not compiling President Toda's guidance.

3. Strictly and seriously refrain from overestimating myself.

4. Be clear about what I do and don't know.

5. Take people's good qualities to heart and make them a model for myself.

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