Monday, June 27, 2011

No great achievement is accomplished overnight or without difficulty.

It is important to take a long-range view. No great achievement is accomplished overnight or without difficulty. Should benefit be obtained easily without our making any efforts in Buddhist practice, we'd probably just as easily abandon our faith and end up miserable as a consequence. Because it isn't easy to get into a highly-ranked school, students study with all their might, gaining an abundance of knowledge and ability. Faith follows basically the same formula: Practice is essential to attaining Buddhahood.

For Today and Tomorrow
Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda 16/1

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