Buddhist practice is filled with difficult challenges, but it enables us to experience the great joy of human revolution, which would never be possible from a life of complete ease. That’s why the Daishonin sternly warns us not to forget at a crucial moment the promises we have made in faith.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, pp. 24-25
Daisaku Ikeda
Both introducing others and offering personal guidance constitute the work of cultivating the spirit through dialogue. Cultivation in general requires courage and perseverance to take on difficulty. But that challenging work develops and opens up the potential in people’s lives and enables them to enjoy the fruit of happiness.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 100
Daisaku Ikeda
Our destiny does not come from somewhere outside us; it is shaped within our own hearts, day by day. If we find life boring, it might be because we’ve let ourselves become boring. If life seems empty, it might be because we’ve allowed ourselves to grow empty and shallow. If we feel fed up with life, then life might actually be saying the same to us!
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 334
Daisaku Ikeda