Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
The innate power of humanity is the driving force that breaks down all barriers of discrimination. The ultimate expression of this humanity is Buddhahood; it is the power of the Mystic Law. Daimoku is therefore the fundamental energy for realizing victory in the struggle for human rights.
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 (Buddhism Day by Day)
To be concerned only with one‚’s own happiness is egoism. To claim you care only about the happiness of others is hypocrisy. Genuine happiness is becoming happy together with others. Josei Toda said: “Just becoming happy oneself-there‚’s nothing difficult to that. It‚’s easy. Helping others become happy is the foundation of our faith.”
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 (Daily Wisdom)
In this age, it is as natural for a woman to change her fixed karma by practicing the Lotus Sutra as it is for rice to ripen in fall or chrysanthemums to bloom in winter. When I prayed for my mother, not only was her illness cured, but her life was prolonged by four years. Now you too have fallen ill, and as a woman, it is all the more timely for you to establish steadfast faith in the Lotus Sutra and see what it will do for you.
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 955
On Prolonging One’s Life Span
Written to the lay nun Myojo in 1279
