Sensei's Daily Encouragement - October 15 2023 - Year of Youth and Triumph

    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
October 15, 2023

There is no need to be impatient. Anything that is accomplished quickly and easily will not long endure. Now is the time to concentrate on the construction of a solid foundation. I hope you will complete this work slowly but surely, filled with hope and joy.
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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
October 15, 2023

Do not these interpretations make clear that, among all the teachings of the Buddha's lifetime, the Lotus Sutra is first, and that, among the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, that of women attaining Buddhahood, is first? For this reason, though the women of Japan may be condemned in all sutras other than the Lotus Sutra as incapable of attaining Buddhahood, as long as the Lotus Sutra guarantees their enlightenment, what reason have they to be downcast?"

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
October 15, 2023

I view things through the Buddha eye, I see the living beings in the six paths, how poor and distressed they are, without merit or wisdom, how they enter the perilous road of birth and death, their sufferings continuing with never a break, how deeply they are attached to the five desires, like a yak enamored of its tail, blinding themselves with greed and infatuation, their vision so impaired they can see nothing. They do not seek the Buddha, with his great might, or the Law that can end their sufferings, but enter deeply into erroneous views, hoping to shed suffering through greater suffering. For the sake of these living beings I summon up a mind of great compassion -The Lotus Sutra
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (28 October 1955) p.263

Fall, the season for reading. No, I would rather make each of the 365 days of the year a "day for reading."

1. Must read the Gosho in its entirety.

2. Will thoroughly read Nichikan's Six-volume Writings.

3. Will carefully read good books of past and present, East and West – especially during the next three years.

The course of my life will be determined over these three years.

Fate, destiny – they are like the flow of a great river.

No one to confide in, no one to blame.

To the dentist in the afternoon. Can everything be this bad?
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