CategoryTo My Friends

Appreciation and joy multiply our good fortune. Complaint and negativity erase it. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 138

In your respective communities and societies, you are volunteering your time and energy to chant and work for the members’ happiness, to support and encourage them with heartfelt care and concern. Your actions are those of great bodhisattvas; your spirit, that of noble Buddhas. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised

It is important to have the spirit to sit down in front of the Gohonzon. The spirit to keep challenging yourself to pray before the Gohonzon every day, to chant daimoku, even if only little, is truly admirable. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 131

Offering prayers based on the Mystic Law—chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo—is the best and truest offering we can make for the deceased. Because the Mystic Law has thepower to help all people attain Buddhahood, not only those here in the present but throughout the three existences of past, present, and future. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and

People grapple with various kinds of problems and seek guidance only after they’ve been struggling for a while. It’s important that you encourage them in such a way as to alleviate their suffering and pain. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 98

Buddhism accords with reason. Our faith is manifested in our daily lives, in our actual circumstances. Our prayers cannot be answered if we fail to make efforts to realize them. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 127

People who have splendidly developed their individuality are beautiful. Everyone finds them attractive. Theirs is not a fleeting, temporary beauty, but an enduring, lifelong one. Such people’s spirit is as bright and clear as the skies over the high plains in summer. They are never envious or jealous of others. From The Wisdom for Creating

We all have relationships—with family members, relatives, friends, and others—that are particular to each of us. From the perspective of the Mystic Law, those relationships constitute the true realm of our mission, and each of these people shares a profound karmic connection with us. Each of us alone is responsible and qualified to propagate the

When human revolution spreads to the family, the country, and the world, it becomes a noble and bloodless revolution for peace. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 6

Why do we practice Nichiren Buddhism? So that we may live the most wonderful lives. So that we may serenely overcome the four sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death that are an inescapable part of the human condition. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 315

When we really take on problems and challenges, chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, and make efforts based on a great sense of responsibility for kosen-rufu, the life state of Buddhahood, of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, embodied by the Daishonin cannot fail to manifest itself in our lives. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 51

In other words, human revolution is opening your eyes wide and looking beyond your ordinary concerns, striving for and dedicating your actions to something higher, deeper, and broader. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 5

The important thing is that all of you shine in your own way, win in your own daily endeavors, and develop your lives in the way most suitable and natural for you. All you need to do is just keep on improving yourself as you steadily advance toward your goal. From The Wisdom for Creating

Leaders in the realm of Nichiren Buddhism need to constantly strive to improve themselves, to always take the lead and act with bracing courage. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 48

Our work is the mainstay that supports our lives. Unless we show real evidence of victory in our work, we cannot demonstrate the principle that faith equals daily life. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 192

Today, April 2, marks the anniversary of the passing of my mentor, our second president. Like Dr. King, my mentor had a dream. His dream, he stated, was to “rid the world of misery.” From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 537

“Many in body” means that each person gives full play to their unique potential and individuality. “One in mind” means that everyone works together based on faith, sharing the same goal and purpose. This is true unity. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 159

There is no more sacred undertaking than our activities to impart hope to people and build peace in our societies. Please advance with confidence and pride. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 384

We all have our own problems and sufferings. To surmount them, it’s important to have the determination to do so for the sake of kosen-rufu. If we are suffering from illness, for example, then vowing to overcome that illness and gain the strength and life force we need to freely take action for kosen-rufu and

Happiness is not just a word. It is not found in objects, nor is it determined by wealth, social status, or celebrity. The key, first of all, is to chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. When we do so, we will feel an upsurge of life force. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition,