If our lives are always smooth sailing, we’ll never be able to savor real happiness. It goes without saying that the treasure of happiness cannot be found in a life of ease and idleness. The diamond of happiness can be found only by making our way into the deep mountain recesses of life with great effort and exertion. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 11

Daisaku Ikeda

In addition, when we struggle with and chant about how to share Buddhism with others and to realize our goals for kosen-rufu, we are already expressing the life state of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth. Through such efforts, therefore, we can overcome and solve our individual problems as well.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 53

Daisaku Ikeda

Promoting kosen-rufu isn’t merely about spreading Buddhist ideas and terminology. It means each of us rising to action wherever we are in the world and bravely striving to transform our karma through our practice of Nichiren Buddhism. It is awakening to our noble mission as Bodhisattvas of the Earth and spreading understanding, trust, and joy around us. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 26

Daisaku Ikeda