SGI President Ikeda's Daily Encouragement October 4, 2011

We are people of faith and faith is the ultimate conviction. Nothing could be sadder nor more shortsighted, therefore, than complaining or giving up when we encounter some small obstacle in our path. A genuine Buddhist is a person of wisdom and conviction.

Where is joy found? Mahatma Gandhi declared, "Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself." It is exhilarating to win, but the challenges we encounter and surmount along the way bring an even greater sense of fulfillment. True joy is found in struggle.

GOSHO PASSAGE

In the light of the above points, this shows, my followers, that you had better cut short your sleep by night and curtail your leisure by day, and ponder this! You must not spend your lives in vain and regret it for ten thousand years to come.

(WND 622) The Problem to Be Pondered Night and Day
Written to Toki Jonin on August 23, 1275

BUDDHISM DAY BY DAY - WISDOM FOR MODERN LIFE

The expansive world lies not in some distant place; it exists right where you are. That is why you need to win where you are right now. Today's victory is linked to your eternal victory.

A YOUTHFUL DIARY - Saturday, January 16 (1960) Rain

  Headed for Osaka aboard the 2:00 p.m. Kintetsu special express from Nagoya. The train cars were double-decker. If we had this in Tokyo, my children would be so eager to ride on it. Y. and Mrs. S. boarded with me. Owe them a great debt of gratitude. Will never forget them for the rest of my life.
  My first trip to Kansai this year. The train arrived at Ueroku Station in Uehonmachi. The general chapter chief and others were there to greet us. Went to my dear Kansai headquarters and relaxed.
  The general chapter chief is a good person, yet he remains behind the scenes. He is still young. Want him to grow further.
  Mrs. K. and others came here, too, from the headquarters to join this guidance trip. Everyone is serious. They are working earnestly. There is no other organization or group so deeply rooted in society where women take such an active role as in ours.
  The world's greatest women's organization, cultural group, women's liberation organization, group of people expressing their individuality and modern humanism, and organization dedicated to the improvement of people's living - these are all other names for the Soka Gakkai women's division.
  Some people are narrow-minded, some arrogant, some self-centered and others who disliked President Toda. Just looking at them upsets me.
  Gave a lecture at the Amagasaki Civic Auditorium.
  Couldn't give such a great lecture. Was it my fatigue or my lack of study?