Since we have no choice but to overcome suffering, then we might as well live joyfully and vigorously while doing so

Daily Guidance Sat 06/02

For Today and Tomorrow Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Saturday, June 2, 2012 No matter where we go, we cannot escape from the sufferings that are part and parcel of life.  If we can not avoid these sufferings, then our only choice is to overcome them.  And since we have no choice but to overcome them, then we might as well live joyfully and vigorously while doing so.  Let's continue to strive and chant daimoku to the end.. 5 year old girl watching her civilian parents being killed Buddhism Day by Day Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda Saturday, June 2, 2012 Unless we can perceive our fellow human beings and feel their sufferings as our own, we will never be free of conflict and war.  In other words, a transformation within our own lives is important.      Daily Wisdom From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Saturday, June 2, 2012 Rather than offering up ten thousand prayers for remedy, it would be better simply to outlaw this one evil. The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 15 On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land Submitted to Hojo Tokiyori on July 16, 1260