Daily Encouragement

Posted on May 6, 2017 by SGI-USA Austin

We have both a weak self and a strong self; the two are completely different. If we allow our weak side to dominate, we will be defeated. The thought, “I am still young and have a lot of time, so I can relax and take life easy” is a function of our weakness.

Daily Quote

Posted on May 5, 2017 by SGI-USA Austin

The two wheels that carry dialogue forward are a belief that everyone possesses goodness within, and a spirit of unflagging determination to tap and draw out that goodness.

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Daily Encouragement

Posted on May 5, 2017 by SGI-USA Austin

This is what I would like to communicate to you, my young friends who are the heirs of the Soka legacy: Live out your lives together with the SGI, an organization fulfilling the Buddha’s decree! Our activities in the organization of faith constitute our Buddhist practice, lead to the realization of kosen-rufu and enable us to carry out our human revolution. To think selfishly, “I’ll just practice on my own and however I like” cannot be called correct faith. Such people are Buddhist in name only; they are not true practitioners.

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