Nothing is insignificant. Whatever a person’s karma may be, it definitely has profound meaning. This is not just a matter of outlook. Changing the world starts by changing our fundamental state of mind. This is a key Buddhist principle. powerful determination to transform even negative karma into mission can dramatically transform the real world.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2 , revised edition, pp. 43-44
Daisaku Ikeda
At meetings, we hear others’ experiences of gaining benefit through practicing Nichiren Buddhism; we are inspired with fresh determination: “They fought and won; I can transform my karma too. I’ll do it!” We also applaud the efforts of those who are striving hard: “Let’s follow their example and develop our lives like they have!” This serves as encouragement toward attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime and inspires a sense of mission for kosen-rufu.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 129
Daisaku Ikeda
Discussion meetings are a great river, of which all our other activities are tributaries. Our activities to promote friendship and understanding, as well as the different kinds of meetings we hold, all merge into the great river of discussion meetings and flow toward the vast ocean of an age of the people. Along both banks of that great river are vast, fertile fields of humanistic culture producing rich and abundant fruit.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 126
Daisaku Ikeda