seize the moment, living with all our being in the present. If we do that, he says, each moment will become eternity

Daily Guidance Sat 04/14

For Today and Tomorrow Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Saturday, April 14, 2012 Thoreau, a renowned American Renaissance thinker, wrote in his journal: "Nothing must be postponed.  Take time by the forelock.  Now or never!  You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment."  We shouldn't put anything off but seize the moment, living with all our being in the present.  If we do that, he says, each moment will become eternity.     Buddhism Day by Day Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda Saturday, April 14, 2012 The tendency of human beings is to try and escape challenges and seek an easy and peaceful environment. But happiness cannot be found somewhere else- it is found within us.  A genuine way of life consists of transforming where we are right now into a supreme paradise.       Rice Terraces of China Daily Wisdom From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Saturday, April 14, 2012 The rice plant flowers and bears grain, but its spirit remains in the soil. This is the reason the stalk sprouts to flower and bear grain once again. The blessings that Nichiren obtains from propagating the Lotus Sutra will always return to Dozen-bo. How sublime!  It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood, but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both will fall into hell.  If teacher and disciple are of different minds, they will never accomplish anything. The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 909 Flowering and Bearing Grain Written to Joken-bo and Gijo-bo in April 1278