Tuesday 19 July 2011

Daily Encouragement - 19 July 2011


Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
 
Youth is a truly wonderful thing. Unfortunately, though, this is often something that's hard to appreciate when we're young. Life passes by quickly. Before we know it, we are old. That's why in our youth we should be as active as we possibly can. Rather than a life of blank pages, live a life crammed full of memories - of battles well fought and wonderfully diverse experiences. Not to leave behind any history, to just grow old and die, is a sad way to live.
 
Events
1951 Young women's division established.
  

  
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
  
Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra should beware of and guard themselves against the sutra's enemies. . . . If you do not know your enemies, you will be deceived by them.
 
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 664
Letter to Konichi-bo
Written to Konichi-bo in March 1276
 

  
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
 
It's foolish to be obsessed with past failures. And it's just as foolish to be self-satisfied with one's small achievements. The present and the future are what are important, not the past. Those who neglect this spirit of continual striving will start to veer off in a ruinous direction.
 

 

Sensei on  Self- Mastery - Words of Wisdom

 

People of genuine strength and ability are people who are capable of overcoming their own weaknesses. They are people who unremittingly pursue the paths they have chosen in life, without giving up. 

 




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