In the light of the law of cause and effect, through the good fortune we accumulate by treasuring and caring for many people, we will be able to attain a state of life in which we are protected and supported by many others in this and future existences. Our Buddhist practice today is the cause … …
The path up the hill of life doesn’t follow a straight line. There are successes and mistakes. Sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. With each step on our way, with every curve and corner we navigate, we grow a little bit more. In this process, prayer functions as a powerful force preventing us from … …
When individuals awaken to their innate mission as Bodhisattvas of the Earth, it imparts to their lives a deep and essential meaning. This awareness is the pivotal driving force for human revolution—transforming people’s lives, directing them toward the creation of value, and enabling them to change the most painful karma into the most wonderful mission. … …
Everything that happens in our lives has meaning. Moreover, the way of life of practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism is to find and discover meaning in all things. Nothing is insignificant. Whatever a person’s karma may be, it definitely has profound meaning. This is not just a matter of outlook. Changing the world starts by changing … …
When Mr. Toda became second Soka Gakkai president and made his vow to attain a membership of 750,000 households, I pledged: “Mr. Toda is a great teacher of propagation. As his disciple, I vow to become a champion of propagation!” And having made that pledge, I threw myself wholeheartedly into the challenge, creating a groundswell … …
Children are envoys from the future. To speak with children is to speak with the future. Their problems will be different from those of our generation—they may face problems we can’t even begin to imagine. Therefore, let us support them and lend them a helping hand, so that they may stand up and move forward … …
Let us focus even more attention on each person, doing our utmost to encourage them and foster their precious potential. When each person develops inner strength and wisdom, they can bring forth double, triple, ten times their present capabilities. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 69
When winter arrives, trees are, for a while, bare of flowers and leaves. But they possess the life force to grow fresh green leaves when spring comes. Similar to this, but on an even more profound level, for us, as practitioners of the Mystic Law, death is the dynamic process by which our life itself … …
Practicing Nichiren Buddhism and chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo enable us to positively transform all of those sufferings, in accord with the principle of changing poison into medicine. The poison of suffering is transformed into the medicine of joy. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 49
To practice Nichiren Buddhism is to live with the unshakable conviction that the most painful and trying times are opportunities for changing karma, for carrying out our human revolution, and that no matter how difficult the situation, we can ultimately, and without fail, transform it into something positive. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and … …