Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
November 12, 2023
I hope that no matter what happens, you will always advance with hope. Especially I hope that the more desperate your circumstances, the more you will press on with unflagging hope. Please keep challenging things with a bright and positive spirit, always taking care at the same time to safeguard your health.
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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
November 12, 2023
Even if your fiefs should be confiscated or you yourself driven out, you must think that it is due to the workings of the ten demon daughters, and wholeheartedly entrust yourself to them. Had I not been exiled, but remained in Kamakura, I would certainly have been killed in the battle. In like manner, since remaining in your lord's service will likely be to your detriment, this may well be the design of Shakyamuni Buddha.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 824
A Warning against Begrudging One's Fief
Written to Shijo Kingo in July 1277
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
November 12, 2023
Indulgence and indolence produce nothing creative. Complaints and evasions reflect a cowardly spirit; they corrupt and undermine life's natural creative thrust. When life is denuded of the will to struggle creatively, it sinks into a state of hellish destructiveness directed at all that lives.
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (29 November 1956) p.305
A panel discussion for the New Year's Seiko Shimbun issue began at 2:00. The topic, "The five main temples of Fuji." It lasted until 5:00. The dialogue covered Nikko Shonin's six original and six new disciples and the origin of Fuji's five or seven main temples. Concluded with the present status of these temples. Keenly reflected on the importance of ability in Buddhist study and of having a correct historical perspective.
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