"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.

Monday, July 30, 2007

Freedom of Religion

". . . People feared and worshipped the great power of nature. Sensing the existence of a destiny they were powerless to change through their own efforts, they prayed to their gods for their lot to improve. From such prayer religion was born. Prayer was not born of religion; rather, religion was born of prayer . . ."



- Excerpted from Daisaku Ikeda's "The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra Volume IV", pg. 152 -
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