Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 29 May 2021 - Year of Hope and Victory



                    
        

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
May 29, 2021
 
We who embrace the Mystic Law will not suffer on account of old age or death. As long as we keep the flame of faith alive, the fire of life force will forever burn brightly within us; we can live with great confidence transcending birth and death. Faith is the engine that enables us to live with hope throughout our lives.
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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
May 29, 2021
 
When one carries out the single practice of exercising faith in Myoho-renge-kyo, there are no blessings that fail to come to one, and no good karma that does not begin to work on one's behalf. It is like the case of a fishing net: though the net is composed of innumerable small meshes, when one pulls on the main cord of the net, there are no meshes that do not move. Or it is like a garment: though the garment is composed of countless tiny threads, when one pulls on a corner of the garment, there are no threads that are not drawn along.
 
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 133
Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man
Recipient unknown; written in 1265
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
May 29, 2021
 
Shakyamuni proclaims, "People who are vigilant do not die; people who are negligent are as if dead." This is definitely true. Unremitting diligence in our Buddhist practice - brave and vigorous exertion - infuses our lives with the great life force of the eternal Buddha. In contrast, people who try to get by in life through cunning and deception enact a living death.
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (11 February 1954) p.156
 
Today is President Toda's fifty-fourth birthday.
In the morning, I gave him a white shirt and necktie as a gift. He seemed quite fatigued.
At 2:00, I helped administer the Study Department oral examination, along with Secretary Y. About forty candidates took the exam. Ashamed about my own lack of ability. Must study. Must not be defeated.
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