Sensei's Daily Encouragement -August 31 2026- Year of Vibrant Growth for a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide

    


Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
August 31, 2026

As long as we pray earnestly and sincerely with all our being, if we have strong and genuine faith, even though results may not be immediately visible, they will definitely manifest without fail in generations of our children and our children's children. I would like all of you to have absolute confidence in this.
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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
August 31, 2026

Believers in the Lotus Sutra should fear those who attempt to obstruct their practice more than they fear bandits, burglars, night raiders, tigers, wolves, or lions even more than invasion now by the Mongols.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 495
Letter to the Brothers
Written to Ikegami Muneaka and Ikegami Muneaga on April 16, 1275
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Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
August 31, 2026

Overcoming the four sufferings of birth, old age, sickness and death is not just a matter of theory. We mustn't move away from the issues of how we can lead healthy, fulfilling and long lives, and how we can die without suffering. Buddhism teaches the wisdom that enables us to do this.
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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (29 January 1955) p.218

Went to the headquarters at 3:30 to work on public relations matters. It seems others are not given much responsibility. Cannot help feeling the responsibility always falls on me. Am I complaining?
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