GenerationThink

Buddhism teaches us that the individual writes and performs the script for his or her own life. Neither chance nor divine being writes the script for us. We write it, and we are the actors who play it. This is an extremely positive philosophy, inherent in the teaching of three thousand realms in a single moment of life. You are the author and the hero. To perform your play well, it is important to pound the script into your head so throughly that you see it before your eyes. You may need to rehearse in your mind. Sometimes it helps to write down your goals ... copying them over and over until they are burned into your heart. Daisaku Ikeda

[the following is an experience I shared at the July 2011 World Peace Prayer Meeting--also know as Kosen-Rufu Gongyo--on July 3rd 2011.] After sharing the following with my fellow bodhisattvas, this letter was faxed immediately to President Daisaku Ikeda, my Mentor.    Happy birthday America, Happy birthday Lady Liberty The land of the free The land of the many I’m so fortunate to have my karmic manifestations result in my propagating the Lotus Sutra in the Latter Day of the Law in America. I am essentially here to share with you the experiences I’ve encountered through practicing Nichiren Buddhism. The tremendous fortune, the tremendous benefits, both conspicuous and inconspicuous, have been so immense that not sharing these with you would be counterproductive to my role as a Bodhisattva. July 3 rd 2011 Sensei, The Pacific Ocean stands between you and I, nonetheless we are working side-by-side to fulfill one mission: to relive all sentient beings from the sufferings o...