Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
August 29, 2024
Worldly success and good circumstances based on luck can easily crumble. They are as transient as an illusion. But the state of Buddhahood, once attained, can never be destroyed, not for all eternity. We will enjoy an existence overflowing with good fortune and immense joy in lifetime after lifetime.
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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
August 29, 2024
[As a youth] he received great wisdom from the living Bodhisattva Space Treasury. He prayed to the bodhisattva to become the wisest person in Japan. The bodhisattva must have taken pity on him, for he presented him with a great jewel as brilliant as the morning star, which Nichiren tucked away in his right sleeve. Thereafter, on perusing the entire body of sutras, he was able to discern in essence the relative worth of the eight schools as well as of all the scriptures.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 650
Letter to the Priests of Seicho-ji
Written to the priests of Seicho-ji temple on January 11, 1276
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
August 29, 2024
Though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered -Nichiren
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Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (13 January 1955) p.215/16
Went to T.'s home for a study meeting. All were serious. Ashamed of my own lack of study. No matter how high our leadership positions, if we fail to study seriously, our juniors will eventually surpass us. Frightening. The Daishonin's words, "Exert yourself in the two ways of practice and study," apply equally to everyone. I am no exception.
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Thursday, 29 August 2024
Sensei's Daily Encouragement -August 29 , 2024- Year of Fresh Departure for a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide
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