"You can make a defeat the cause for future victory. You can also make victory the cause for future defeat."

Mr. Toda once told me: "You can make a defeat the cause for future victory. You can also make victory the cause for future defeat." The Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin is the Buddhism of the True Cause, the Buddhism of the present and future. We don't dwell on the past. We are always challenging ourselves from the present toward the future. "The whole future lies ahead of us! We have only just begun!"—because we advance with this spirit, we will never be deadlocked.

For Today and Tomorrow
Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda 6/10