Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 14 November 2011

  

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, November 14, 2011

 

In a family, if one person is unhappy, then so is the entire family. Therefore, I would like you to sincerely pray for and protect one another so that there are no people who are unfortunate and unhappy, or who abandon their faith, and that every person will become happy. These are the kinds of humanistic bonds among fellow members that give birth to true unity. Coercion or force stemming from power and authority is ineffective at critical moments.

 

 

  

 

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, November 14, 2011

 

When once we chant Myoho-renge-kyo, with just that single sound we summon forth and manifest the Buddha nature of all Buddhas; all existences; all bodhisattvas; all voice-hearers; all the deities such as Brahma, Shakra, and King Yama; the sun and moon, and the myriad stars; the heavenly gods and earthly deities, on down to hell-dwellers, hungry spirits, animals, asuras, human and heavenly beings, and all other living beings. This blessing is immeasurable and boundless.

 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 887
How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra 
Written to the lay nun Myoho in 1277

 

 

 

 

Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Monday, November 14, 2011

 

Our voice resonates with life. Because this is so, it can touch the lives of others. The caring and compassion imbued in your voice finds passage to the listener's soul, striking his or her heart and causing it to sing out; the human voice summons something profound from deep within, and can even compel a person into action.

 

 

 

 

Daisaku Ikeda – A Youthful Diary (1951) p. 98

 

My character: Is it good or is it bad?  I myself cannot know.  Recently I have been pondering which profession I am best suited to, the field in which I can make the best use of my character.

How the youthful mind changes from moment to moment!  Why does it shift and flow so, endlessly vacillating?  Is it only me, or is it the same with others?