Late at night on April 24, Shin’ichi opened his diary. Recalling the events of the day, he felt a tumult of emotion. “This day that should have marked our fresh, hope-filled departure toward the twenty-first century was all too somber,” he thought…He picked up his pen and wrote to record this day for posterity. After he had finished with his diary entry, he thought: “The second act in my life’s drama has now opened! A great epic of formidable challenges and triumphs is beginning!” And he vowed to himself: “I am not afraid of adversity! I am a lion.” The New Human Revolution, vol. 30, P. 78-79

Daisaku Ikeda

Late at night on April 24, Shin’ichi opened his diary. Recalling the events of the day, he felt a tumult of emotion. “This day that should have marked our fresh, hope-filled departure toward the twenty-first century was all too somber,” he thought…He picked up his pen and wrote to record this day for posterity. After he had finished with his diary entry, he thought: “The second act in my life’s drama has now opened! A great epic of formidable challenges and triumphs is beginning!” And he vowed to himself: “I am not afraid of adversity! I am a lion.” The New Human Revolution, vol. 30, P. 78-79

Daisaku Ikeda

Prayer is not something abstract. Many today may regard the intangible, unseen realm of life as nothing more than a product of the imagination. But if we were to view things only from a material perspective, then our relationships with people and things would largely appear to arise solely from the chaos of randomness. The penetrating insight of Buddhism, however, discerns the Law of life in the depths of chaos and apprehends it as the force that supports and activates all phenomena from within.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 118

Daisaku Ikeda