November 10, 2026

Even if your efforts don’t stand out or attract media attention, what you are doing is thousands of times more significant than the deeds of any celebrity or warmongering political leader. You are shaping the currents that will change the course of human history. I am certain that Presidents Makiguchi and Toda have only the highest praise for you and your efforts.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 413

Daisaku Ikeda

November 9, 2026

We cannot change our life state through science, politics, or economics—it can be done only through practicing the teachings of Nichiren Buddhism. And we have the great good fortune to have encountered this Buddhism in the present existence. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 24

Daisaku Ikeda

November 8, 2026

A Buddha is not a superhuman being. One who has attained this state continues to experience problems, suffering, and pain and is still subject to illness and to temptation by devilish forces. For that reason, a Buddha is a person of courage, tenacity, and continuous action who struggles ceaselessly against devilish functions.

From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 184

Daisaku Ikeda