Be a Lamp (Nirvana Sutra)
World Honored One Flicks Dirt with His Toe (Vimalakirti Sutra)
Order of Enlightenment (Maka Shikan)
Calming and Contemplation of Anger (Maka Shikan)
Effect of Thunderbolts on Ivory (Maka Shikan)
Blind Heir of a Wealthy Merchant (Maka Shikan)
Mongolian Wisdom (ancient sayings)
Mighty Bodhisattva Warriors (13th Dalai Lama)
Seeing Ourselves as Suchness (Shinnyo kan)
Wu-lung and I-lung (Writings of Nichiren Daishonin)
Parables:
The
Spider Thread
Mr.
Makiguchi and Fudo Myo-o
Taishaku
and the Fine Feathered Bird
A
Little Priest Fable
Shakyamuni
and the Lovers
The
Parable of the Zither
SuShi
and the Buddhist Monk
Wo
and Jah
Stonecutter
(Tao of Pooh)
The
Dancing Monk and the Self-Denying Monk
24
Hours To Die
Essays:
The
Jewel and the Genome
Mantras
of Kitties
The
Mantras of Other Beings
The
Wave Theory of Karma
Water
Karma
Gandhi
on Anger
Buddhas'
Footprints
Connections
The
Great Wish, the DaiGohonzon, and the SGI
Humor:
The
Daimoku Parrot
The
Excommunicated Newlyweds
The Gakkai Spirit
In the New Human Revolution, Daisaku Ikeda relates the story of the Japanese who were interned in a Russian concentration camp during World War II.
Somehow they managed to escape into the cold, barren Russian frontier. But only two of them survived. The two survivors were not the youngest or the physically strongest.
The only survivors were a
mother and her infant child. The mother knew that if she died her child
would surely die. It was this understanding that gave the mother the strength
and wisdom to endure and overcome all manner of hardships.
Mr. Ikeda wrote that the
Gakkai Spirit like this mother's love. We must overcome all hardships for
the sake of the members. By doing this we become stronger and wiser.
We save ourselves by forging a path for others.
When you light a lamp for
another, it illuminates your path as well. This is the Gakkai Spirit.