Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
May 17, 2024
"Don't be dependent on anyone," this is my sentiment. We each have to strengthen and develop ourselves through our own efforts. We must never surrender to any foe or difficulty. We must be fearless. This is the true spirit of self-reliance.
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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
May 17, 2024
The sutra states: "If one [of these good men or women in the time after I have passed into extinction] is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one person, even one phrase of it, then you should know that he or she is the envoy of the Thus Come One. He has been dispatched by the Thus Come One and carries out the Thus Come One's work." Who else but us can this possibly refer to?"
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 385
The True Aspect of All Phenomena
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on May 17, 1273
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
May 17, 2024
Wisdom is rooted in the souls of human beings. The way to acquire it is to follow the simple advice of Socrates: "Know thyself." This is the starting point for the establishment of a sense of human dignity, preventing the degradation of human beings into anonymous, interchangeable cogs in a machine. The essence of true knowledge is self-knowledge.
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (22 October 1953) p.149
Y. has become a bit conceited. It's become necessary for him to receive strict guidance. If I act humbly toward him, he's all the more arrogant. I seem to be the only one who can scold him or guide him correctly.
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