Sensei's Daily Encouragement -August 2 2026- Year of Vibrant Growth for a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide

    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
August 2, 2026

The greater our efforts to advance kosen-rufu, the greater the benefit and eternal good fortune we will accumulate in our lives. The more outstanding people we can foster, the stronger and healthier we will become. The more aware we are of our responsibility, the more joy we will experience. Such are the workings of the Buddhist Law.
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From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
August 2, 2026
 
The heart of the Lotus Sutra is the revelation that one may attain the supreme enlightenment in one's present form without altering one's status as an ordinary person. This means that, without casting aside one's karmic impediments, one can still attain the Buddha way. Thus T'ien-t'ai says, "The other sutras only predict Buddhahood . . . for the good, but not for the evil. . . This [Lotus] sutra predicts Buddhahood for all."
 
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 410
Reply to Hakiri Saburo
Written to Hakiri Rokuro Saburo on August 3, 1273
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
August 2, 2026
 
Why was Shakyamuni Buddha so respected? One of the reasons was the power of his voice. His voice is recorded as "beautiful, sweet like honey, warm and graceful, resounding and clear." He is also described as an individual who "speaks brightly, remarks brightly, narrates gracefully, talks clearly, expresses himself eloquently to make himself understood."
Shakyamuni called to anybody who visited him, "Welcome, welcome." It is expounded that he associated with people with his friendliness, joy and gentleness. He always politely greeted any person he encountered. He never greeted them in an unfriendly manner. It is said that he first opened his mouth to speak to the other person so that he or she would have an easier time to open up to Shakyamuni.
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Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (20 July 1954) p.192/3
 
Returned home alone, immersed in thought. Besides President Toda, I shall bow my head to no one. After Sensei dies, I must act in a pivotal role, taking on heavy responsibilities. Lets storms and raging waves come as they may! Resentment, criticism and trickery mean nothing!
Nothing in the universe surpasses the strict law of Buddhism.

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Sensei's Daily Encouragement -August 1 2026- Year of Vibrant Growth for a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide

    

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
August 1, 2026
 
We must not allow ourselves to become bureaucratic and take for granted the efforts of those working behind the scenes. Nor must we ever forget to be considerate of those members of our families who may not be practicing the Daishonin's Buddhism. We must remember that for every person involved in SGI activities there is another, supporting him or her behind the scenes.
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From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
August 1, 2026
 
If Nichiren's compassion is truly great and encompassing, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo will spread for ten thousand years and more, for all eternity, for it has the beneficial power to open the blind eyes of every living being in the country of Japan, and it blocks off the road that leads to the hell of incessant suffering.
 
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 736
On Repaying Debts of Gratitude
Written to Joken-bo and Gijo-bo on July 21, 1276
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
August 1, 2026
 
By wholeheartedly and directly meeting life's challenges, we bring forth from within ourselves the "three bodies of the Buddha," which are truth, wisdom and compassion. The light of this internal wisdom constantly encourages and guides us toward true and correct action.
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Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (20 July 1954) p.192
 
Deep agony day after day. Could finally see the sun break through the clouds. The daily papers are filled with articles about the atomic and hydrogen bombs. My head hurts from reading them. This is an age in which science’s pure essence has been defiled by the worlds of Anger and Hell. In this period of threatened crop damage due to unseasonably cold weather, we can strongly sense the validity of the “On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land” prophecies.

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