Forward! Always forward! This is a basic spirit of Buddhism.

For Today and Tomorrow

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, May 27, 2014:

 

Forward! Always forward! This is a basic spirit of Buddhism. Nichiren Daishonin's teaching is the Buddhism of true cause. We live with our gaze fixed on the future, not hung up on the past. To advance eternally—this is the essence of life and the essence of what it means to be a practitioner of the Daishonin's Buddhism.