Changing the world starts by changing our fundamental state of mind. This is a key Buddhist principle. A powerful determination to transform even negative karma into mission can dramatically transform the real world. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, pp. 43-44
The Soka Gakkai organization is a crystallization of genuine democracy, handmade by the people, for the people. It is the only body carrying out the widespread propagation of Nichiren Buddhism, which places the highest value on the dignity of the human being. It is the sun of hope for all humanity. That is why President … …
Our health, courage, wisdom, joy, desire to improve, self-discipline, and so on, could all be said to depend on our life force. Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo enables us to bring forth limitless life force. Those who base themselves on chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo are therefore never deadlocked. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, … …
When we talk with someone, we aren’t speaking solely to the person before us. That person has a family, friends, and many young successors who will carry on their work. A beautiful dialogue in which there is a meeting of hearts is always the starting point for fresh future conversations, the first step to creating … …
The men’s division members are lions…My heroic friends! My noble comrades in the struggle for kosen-rufu! A decisive battle to usher in the dawn of the twenty-first century has already begun. At last, our time has come. If we do not rise to the challenge now, then when? From Men Shining With Youthful Brilliance, part … …
The greatest treasure we can leave for the future is capable successors. And it is those who discover and nurture individuals of promise who are themselves truly capable. Through this process of fostering others, we polish and develop ourselves. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, pp. 403
Moreover, kosen-rufu is the challenge to transform the fundamental life state of society into that of Buddhahood. The key to this lies in increasing the number of those who share our noble aspirations. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 47
The happier we make others, the happier we are, and as long as a single miserable person exists, our own happiness cannot be complete. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, pp. 17
Through faith in the Mystic Law, we can develop the ability to change all that is negative in our lives into something positive. We can transform all problems into happiness, sufferings into joy, anxiety into hope, and worry into peace of mind. We will always be able to find a way forward. From The Wisdom … …
Everyone has a mission. We were born because we have a mission. That’s why we must live our lives and persevere through all. The Japanese word for mission means to “use one’s life.” For what purpose do we use our lives? For what purpose have we been born in this world, sent forth from the … …