Sensei's Daily Encouragement - May 5 2023 - Year of Youth and Triumph.

   

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
May 5, 2023
 
This is what I would like to communicate to you, my young friends who are the heirs of the Soka legacy: Live out your lives together with the SGI, an organization fulfilling the Buddha's decree! Our activities in the organization of faith constitute our Buddhist practice, lead to the realization of kosen-rufu and enable us to carry out our human revolution. To think selfishly, "I'll just practice on my own and however I like" cannot be called correct faith. Such a person is a Buddhist in name only; they are not true practitioners.
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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
May 5, 2023
 
Be diligent in developing your faith until the last moment of your life. Otherwise you will have regrets. For example, the journey from Kamakura to Kyoto takes twelve days. If you travel for eleven but stop with only one day remaining, how can you admire the moon over the capital?"
 
 The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1027
Letter to Niike
Written to Niike Saemon-no-jo in February 1280
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
May 5, 2023
 
When you encounter a wall, you should tell yourself, "Since there is a wall here, a wide, open expanse must lie on the other side." Rather than becoming discouraged, know that encountering a wall is proof of the progress that you have made so far. .
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (05 October 1953) p.145
 
A fine autumn day. There are days of rain, days of snow and overcast days. Similarly, there are days when we feel spirited, days of worry and days of sadness and regret. Traveled to the Joto area. My work is not going as planned. A youth's mind is intensely restless. Must be strong, upright, untiring and self-disciplined.
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