"It is senseless to blame others or your environment for your miseries. Change begins from the moment you muster the courage to act. When you change, the environment will change. The power to change the world is found nowhere but within our own life." -Daisaku Ikdea-

As I begin my 21st year of Buddhist practice with SGI-USA, I find great joy in sharing quotes, principles, guidances and poems from Daisaku Ikeda . Some are poems and thoughts of my own. I hope you will be encouraged.

Thursday, July 5, 2007

Fighting Spirit





To fight against:

Loss of conviction
Lack of spirit of responsibility
Failure to challenge self unceasingly
Laziness, complacency
Failure to chant with powerful resolve to triumph
Failure to impart confidence and conviction
Loss of sight of the need to have a fighting spirit

and to win . . .
I must keep heart and spirit, passion and resolve in sync with my mentor, Daisaku Ikeda.

Must pray powerfully

"as though to produce fire from damp wood
or to obtain water from parched ground." - Nichiren Daishonin -
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Anonymous said...

We inspire each other to take the next step, to squeeze it out like the last drop in the tube, to share & inspire when the glass seems empty---and something magical happens, a mutiplicity, a starburst, a great momentum. Then the fire comes forth from the water logged wood.
Carol

July 28, 2007 at 11:22 AM

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