Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 9 April 2021 - Year of Hope and Victory



                          

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
April 9, 2021
 
Nothing is wasted in faith. One never loses out. Please be confident that all your efforts to help others and promote Buddhism are accumulating immense treasures of good fortune in your life. This is what is meant by inconspicuous benefit.
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From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
April 9, 2021
 
And yet there is one river called the Sahaya that follows a course as straight as a taut rope, flowing directly into the western sea. A woman who has faith in the Lotus Sutra will be like this river, proceeding directly to the Pure Land in the west. Such is the virtue inherent in the single character myo.
 
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 149
The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra
Recipient unknown; writen on January 6, 1266
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
April 9, 2021
 
Illusion about the true nature of existence is literally illusion about the nature of one's own life. This is the fundamental source of all illusions. If we are ignorant about the nature of our own existence, then we will be ignorant about the nature of other people's lives, too. On the other hand, when our lives are free of illusion, we can perceive the treasure tower that shines resplendent in all people, in all beings.
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (25 January 1953) p.133
 
Whatever the chapter and whomever the members, I want them to become happy. Dreaming of making the Gakkai, with vigor and unity, a nationwide, even a worldwide organization. Convinced this can only be achieved through all the members attaining happiness. Disturbed by the shallowness and bias of two or three top leaders who do not understand President Toda's will.
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