Friday, September 7, 2012

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

Daily Guidance Fri 08/31



For Today and Tomorrow

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, August 31, 2012
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.



Death and Life.. Klimt
Buddhism Day by Day

Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Friday, August 31, 2012
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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Daily Wisdom

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Friday, August 31, 2012
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 Munenaka and Ikegami Munenaga on April 16, 1275