Sensei's Daily Encouragement - January 13 2024 - Year of Fresh Departure for a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide

    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
January 13, 2024
 
A life lived without purpose or value, the kind in which one doesn't know the reason why one was born, is joyless and lacks luster. To just live, eat and die without any real sense of purpose surely represents a life pervaded by the world of Animality. On the other hand, to do, create or contribute something that benefits others, society and ourselves and to dedicate ourselves as long as we live to that challenge - that is a life of true satisfaction, a life of value. It is a humanistic and lofty way to live.
 
Events
 1995, Mr. Richard Causton, First SGI UK General Director passes away
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From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
January 13, 2024
 
The sutra states, "If there are those who hear the Law, then not one will fail to attain Buddhahood." This means that, even if one were to point at the earth and miss it, even if the sun and moon should fall to the ground, even if an age should come when the tides cease to ebb and flow, or even if flowers should not turn to fruit in summer, it could never happen that a woman who chants Nam-myoho-renge-kyo would fail to be reunited with her beloved child. Continue in your devotion to faith, and bring this about quickly!"
 
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1092
The Gift of Clear Sake
Written to the lay nun Ueno on January 13, 1281
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
January 13, 2024
 
Buddhas respect people's individuality, and desire that they may freely manifest their unique qualities. They are neither partial nor adverse toward people on account of their individual proclivities. Buddhas love, rejoice at and try to bring out each person's uniqueness, this is their compassion and their wisdom.
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (13 November 1957) p.354
 
To the headquarters at 5:00. Missed Sensei. Truly miserable. To Katsushika block in the evening. Made rounds to two meeting places.
Guidance devoid of life force does not move people. Guidance in faith has nothing to do with intellectual knowledge or learning. The state of one's life; the dynamism of one's life – this is fundamental. Must care for my health, as my mission grows heavier and heavier.
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