Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
December 20, 2023
President Toda used to say: "Don't be impatient. Since you have embraced the Gohonzon, your situation will definitely improve. There's no need to worry. Sure there will be hard times, times when you feel like crying. But as long as you have the Gohonzon, your life will become bright and joyful." As long as we persevere in faith, we will become happy. We must never doubt this no matter what happens but always advance resolutely, staunchly enduring all hardships and obstacles along the way. This is what true faith is.
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From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
December 20, 2023
In the past, Virtue Victorious offered a mudpie to the Buddha, and was reborn as King Ashoka... A poor woman cut off her hair and sold it to buy oil [for the Buddha], and not even the winds sweeping down from Mount Sumeru could extinguish the flame of the lamp fed by this oil. Accordingly, your offerings of two and three strings of coins are far greater even than those of the ruler of Japan , who may offer the nation and build a pagoda adorned with the seven kinds of treasures that reaches to the heaven of the thirty-three gods.
Reply to Onichi-nyo
This letter was written at Minobu in 1280 to a woman named Onichi-nyo
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
December 20, 2023
Creation is quite different from mere ideas. Even ideas require fundamental and extensive speculative accumulation. It goes without saying that creation in learning demands an incomparably greater fundamental ability. The task of creation is like a lofty mountain whose summit is formed only when there exist vast slopes and a solid foundation. Likewise, the fruitful work of creation can only be attained when it is based on the extensive knowledge of learning and profound speculation.
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (18 July 1957) p.335/36
Listened to Sensei's lecture for the first time in a while. Worry alone about how long Sensei will live.
Sensei! Sensei! My only wish is that you survive in good health until kosen-rufu is achieved.
I thought seriously about Sensei and about the Gakkai headquarters. I am willing to sacrifice myself. The prosecutors' interrogation was laden with schemes. Angry feelings are growing steadily stronger. We will by all means create a time when truth will win over all. Must accurately record the facts.
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