Daily Guidance

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----

"Leaders need to be capable and to demonstrate their abilities. Crucial to this end are the power of faith and the power of practice. For it is through the power of faith and the power of practice that we can manifest the power of the Buddha and the power of the Law, which constitute the ultimate force for victory. True ability for a leader of kosen-rufu lies not in such superficial things as being a good speaker or cutting an attractive figure. What matters is having the spirit to fight for kosen-rufu, the spirit of not begrudging one's life for the sake of the Law. Genuine Buddhist leaders dedicate themselves with selfless altruism for the welfare of others.
"Our top leaders mustn't complacently think that someone else will take care of things or do what needs to be done. If they apply themselves with even greater seriousness and dedication, they will easily be able to bring forth tens or even hundreds of times the ability they are now.
"We must never forget the spirit of not begrudging our lives and the spirit of oneness of mentor and disciple."

--- DAILY GOSHO ---

"Thus you should understand that so long as a practitioner of the Lotus Sutra remains unwavering in faith, free of all false alliances, entrusting himself wholeheartedly to the Lotus Sutra and practising in accordance with the Buddha's golden words, he will without fail be able to prevent disaster and prolong his life in this present existence, to say nothing of in the life to come. Splendid recompense will be his, and he will fulfil his great vow to broadly proclaim and propagate the Lotus Sutra."
(Letter Sent with the Prayer Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,Vol.2, page 460)