Fwd: President Ikeda's Daily Encouragement November 29, 2011

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From: "Leslie Chang" <changchengkwee@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: 1 December, 2011 0:53:05 GMT+08:00
To: "Leslie Chang" <changchengkwee@yahoo.com.sg>
Subject: FW: President Ikeda's Daily Encouragement November 29, 2011

 

 

Compassion is the very soul of Buddhism. To pray for others, making their problems and anguish our own; to embrace those who are suffering, becoming their greatest ally; to continue giving them our support and encouragement until they become truly happy—it is in such humanistic actions that the Daishonin's Buddhism lives and breathes.

The real world is harsh. The number of envious, prejudiced, cold-hearted and selfish people will no doubt increase. In society you may encounter people you do not like and you may well have to work under bosses you find it hard to get along with. That is why the three qualities of integrity, perseverance and hope are so important. No one is a match for the person who possesses these qualities.

GOSHO PASSAGE

Whether or not your prayer is answered will depend upon your faith; [if it is not,] I will in no way be to blame. When the water is clear, the moon is reflected. When the wind blows, the trees shake. Our minds are like the water. Faith that is weak is like muddy water, while faith that is brave is like clear water. Understand that the trees are like principles, and the wind that shakes them is like the recitation of the sutra.

(WND 1079) Reply to the Lay Nun Nichigon
Written to the lay nun Nichigon on November 29, 1280

BUDDHISM DAY BY DAY - WISDOM FOR MODERN LIFE

Do not become subservient. Do not dwell on every tiny setback in the course of pursuing your chosen path. To do so would be foolish. Victory or defeat is determined by our entire lives. Moreover, our final years are the most crucial. What is enviable about the pretentious rich? What is great about conceited celebrities? What is admirable about political leaders who gained their positions of power by treating others with contempt? Dig right where you stand, for there lies a rich wellspring!

A YOUTHFUL DIARY - Friday, March 18 (1960) Clear

  Attended a wedding ceremony at Byakuren temple.
  The reality of whether youth are progressing toward their happiness corresponds to the nations' development toward its happiness.
  Wish my seniors would try to study and learn more.
  Those who do not practice the words and ideals of our mentor cannot be called his disciples.
  Read the Daishonin's writing "The Entity of the Mystic Law" by myself at the headquarters.

  In essence, the entity of Myoho-renge-kyo is the physical body that the disciples and followers
  of Nichiren who believe in the Lotus Sutra received from their fathers and mothers at birth.
  Such persons, who honestly discard expedient means, put faith in the Lotus Sutra alone, and
  chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, will transform the three paths of earthly desires, karma, and
  suffering into the three virtues of the Dharma body, wisdom, and emancipation. The threefold
  contemplation and the three truths will immediately become manifest in their minds, and the place
  where they live will become the Land of Eternally Tranquil Light.
                                                                                          (WND, 420)

  Extremely profound. Don't these words express the ultimate truth of Buddhism, the essence of faith, the way to revolutionize our lives and a fundamental guide to daily living?
  My seniors, please become people of true courage. I, too, will become a courageous, yet ordinary man. This is my responsibility to my juniors.