Friendship depends on you, not on the other person. What matters is what you put into a friendship, not what you get out of it.
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Author: SGI-USA Austin
Daily Encouragement
Buddhism teaches, through the example of Bodhisattva Never Disparaging, to never look down on anyone. This is the essence of Buddhism. Nichiren states that the “ultimate transmission” of Buddhism is to accord friends and fellow believers who are striving for kosen-rufu the same respect and reverence one would a Buddha.
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Daily Quote
One thing is certain: That is that the power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it. If you really believe you can do something, you can. That is a fact.
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