Extracted from Experience by Dan Corkish
President Toda heartily and passionately expounded the ideal and the practice of kosen-rufu that filled his mind at every moment (p607). In other words, every second of every day, President Toda wanted people everywhere to become happy. How is that possible? I thought. I can't come even close to having the compassion to care for everyone all the time.
President Toda also stated: "Once you realize that complaining is useless, you can pray to the Gohonzon in earnest... Understanding something intellectually is not the way of Daishonin's. Practice -- enduring practice -- is most important" (p579).
Chant -- determined to change my life by helping someone to begin practising Nichiren Buddhism. Everyday from then on, I prayed deeply to introduce the practice to others with the conviction that nothing is more important or more fulfilling than helping someone become happy.
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