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11/18-11/21 Buddhist Food 4 Thought
For 11/18-11/20: http://www.sgi-usa.org/encouragement/ Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Saturday, November 21, 2009 If you practice faith while doubting its effects, you will get results that are at best unsatisfactory. This is the reflection of your own weak faith on the mirror of the cosmos. On the other hand, when you stand up with strong confidence, you will accrue limitless blessings. W

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Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Only if you challenge your human revolution in a manner that is true to yourself will the people around you naturally begin to trust and respect you. That in itself is the greatest way of laying the groundwork for the spread of Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism. Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (Buddhism Day by Day) The Lotus Sutra, which explains that all people can attain Buddhahood and that all people are Bud

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Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Monday, November 16, 2009 When we speak of showing actual proof, it doesn’t mean we have to try to put on a show of being in any way more knowledgeable or accomplished than we are. It is my hope that, in the manner that best suits your situation, you will prove the validity of this Buddhism by steadily improving in your daily life and in polishing your character, as well as in your family, place of work and community.

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Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Sunday, November 15, 2009 Please steadily advance along the fundamental path of “faith manifests itself in daily life,” living in the way that best suits you. Just as the sun rises every day, if you persistently advance based on the Mystic Law, the absolute Law of the universe, you will definitely be able to lead a life in which all desires are fulfilled, a life that you cannot now even conceive of. Please be convinced that you are now leading the most certain and valuable life.

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Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda Saturday, November 14, 2009 In a family, if one person is unhappy, then so is the entire family. Therefore, I would like you to sincerely pray for and protect one another so that there are no people who are unfortunate and unhappy, or who abandon their faith, and that every person will become happy. These are the kinds of humanistic bonds among fellow members that give birth to true unity. Coercion or force stemming from power and authority is ineffective at critical moments.