Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
When you encounter a wall, you should tell yourself, “Since there is a wall here, a wide, open expanse must lie on the other side.” Rather than becoming discouraged, know that encountering a wall is proof of the progress that you have made so far. I hope that you will continually advance in your Buddhist practice with this conviction blazing ever more strongly in your heart.
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 (Buddhism Day by Day)
Life is like a sea voyage. We each need to open up our own course in life with the strength of our convictions, unperturbed by the crashing breakers of life‚’s stormy seas. The fiercer the tempest rages, the more we need to rouse our own fighting spirit and man the tiller with all our strength and skill crying, “Bring it on!” Through this type of arduous struggle we can forge the practical wisdom to triumph consistently and, as victorious champions, to create history.
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 (Daily Wisdom)
It seems to me that on the path to attain Buddhahood it may invariably be when one has done something like lay down one’s life that one becomes a Buddha. I think that perhaps it is encountering such difficulties as have already been explained in the sutra ? being cursed, vilified, attacked with swords and staves, shards and rubble, and banished again and again ? that is reading the Lotus Sutra with one’s life. My faith springs up all the more, and I am confident about my next existence.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 202
Banishment to Sado
Writen to Enjo-bo in October 1271
