August 23, 2026

Though we may not notice it, a tree grows every day. In the same indiscernible way, our daimoku nurtures our growth day after day into people of unshakable strength who abound with good fortune.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, pp. 49-50

Daisaku Ikeda

August 22, 2026

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, p. 101

Daisaku Ikeda

August 21, 2026

Spreading the philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism in our immediate environment is an unglamorous and exceedingly challenging endeavor. Because those around us know us so well, pretense won’t work. The only thing is to keep striving to improve ourselves, while taking action with sincerity, integrity, perseverance, and great passion and showing actual proof of our faith. But in such efforts lies the true essence of Buddhist practice. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 54

Daisaku Ikeda