Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
March 21, 2025
Why is it that sometimes our prayers seem to not be answered? This is a manifestation of the Buddha's wisdom - so that we can deepen our prayers, become stronger people, live more profound lives and secure deeper, more lasting good fortune. If our slightest prayer were answered immediately, we'd become lazy and degenerate. And we couldn't hope to build a life of great dignity and substance.
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From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
March 21, 2025
Now in the Latter Day of the Law, any person whether wise or ignorant, priest or lay believer or of high or low position who embraces Myoho-renge-kyo and practices it in accordance with the Buddha's teaching cannot fail to gain the fruit of Buddhahood.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 482
The Teaching, Practice, and Proof
Written to Sammi-bo on March 21, 1275
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
March 21, 2025
The function of fire is to burn and give light. The function of water is to wash away filth. The winds blow away dust and breathe life into plants, animals, and human beings. The earth produces the grasses and trees, and heaven provides nourishing moisture. The five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo are also like that. They are the cluster of blessings brought by the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, disciples of the Buddha in his true identity - Nichiren.
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Daisaku Ikeda – A Youthful Diary (10 December 1951) p. 120
Having my own family has changed my life in many ways from the days when I was single. There are good sides and troublesome sides to married life. On one hand it has been a real help to me, while on the other, I sometimes feel as if my freedom has been curtailed.
Convinced that the direct path, the shortest route to a happy life for oneself and one's family, in a spiritual, physical and material sense, is absolutely nothing other than faith.
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