Daily Encouragement

Posted on December 25, 2016 by SGI-USA Austin

If a person is hungry, we should give them bread. When there is no bread, we can at least give words that nourish. To a person who looks ill or is physically frail, we can turn the conversation to some subject that will lift their spirits and fill them with the hope and determination to get better. Let us give something to each person we meet: joy, courage, hope, assurance, philosophy, wisdom, a vision for the future. Let us always give something.

Daily Quote

Posted on December 25, 2016 by SGI-USA Austin

It is this time and this place that matter—not some other time or place. What matters is here and now—the people here and now.

from ikedaquotes.org

Daily Encouragement

Posted on December 24, 2016 by SGI-USA Austin

Many religions have demanded blind faith, taking away people’s independence. President Makiguchi opposed such enslavement. What he called for instead was solidarity of awakened common people. To achieve this, he proposed a self-reliant way of life in which we advance on the path of our choice with a firm, independent character. He also stressed a contributive way of life in which we set our fundamental goal in life toward the realization of happiness for ourselves and others, casting aside arrogance and self-satisfaction to respect and benefit others.