Daily Encouragement

Posted on May 26, 2016 by SGI-USA Austin

In Buddhism, we either win or lose–there is no middle ground. Now and in the future, let us advance, determined to win in every sphere of our lives. By winning in our lives, we are advancing kosen-rufu, and by advancing kosen-rufu, we win in our lives.

Daily Quote

Posted on May 26, 2016 by SGI-USA Austin

People shouldn’t hesitate to exert their all, in a way true to themselves. How can you possibly ever know how far or fast you can go if you’ve never run all-out? To give up even before you’ve tried is actually arrogance—an affront to the wondrous power of life within you and disrespectful to yourself.

from ikedaquotes.org

Daily Encouragement

Posted on May 25, 2016 by SGI-USA Austin

The heart is most important of all. In his classic The Little Prince, the French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry writes: “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” It is just as he says. We cannot always tell whether something is genuine just with our eyes. Only by looking with the heart can we discern the true essence.