On Prayer

Daily Wisdom
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, July 5, 2012:

It is a rare thing to be born as a human being. And if, having been born as such, you do not do your best to distinguish between the correct doctrine and the incorrect so that in the future you may attain Buddhahood, then you are certainly not fulfilling your true worth as a human being.

On Prayer
Written to Sairen-bo in September 1272

On Prayer

Daily Wisdom
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, May 13, 2012:

Therefore, we know that the prayers offered by a practitioner of the Lotus Sutra will be answered just as an echo answers a sound, as a shadow follows a form, as the reflection of the moon appears in clear water, as a mirror collects dewdrops, as a magnet attracts iron, as amber attracts particles of dust, or as a clear mirror reflects the color of an object.

On Prayer
Written to Sairen-bo in 1272

Daily Wisdom - On Prayer

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, January 17, 2011:

Though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered.

On Prayer
Written to Sairen-bo in September 1272

How should we pray and for how long?

There are many elements involved in a prayer being answered, but the important thing is to keep praying until it is. By continuing to pray, you can reflect on yourself with unflinching honesty and begin to move your life in a positive direction on the path of earnest, steady effort. Even if your prayer doesn't produce concrete results immediately, your continual prayer will at some time manifest itself in a form greater than you had ever hoped.

For Today and Tomorrow
Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda 30/3

Prayers and responses

Concerning prayer, there are conspicuous prayer and conspicuous response, conspicuous prayer and inconspicuous response, inconspicuous prayer and inconspicuous response, and inconspicuous prayer and conspicuous response. But the only essential point is that, if you believe in this sutra, all your desires will be fulfilled in both the present and the future. 10/8

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Letter to the Lay Priest Domyo
Written to the lay priest Domyo on August 10, 1276

Prayers offered by a practitioner of the Lotus Sutra will be answered

Therefore, we know that the prayers offered by a practitioner of the Lotus Sutra will be answered just as an echo answers a sound, as a shadow follows a form, as the reflection of the moon appears in clear water, as a mirror collects dewdrops, as a magnet attracts iron, as amber attracts particles of dust, or as a clear mirror reflects the color of an object. 13/5

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
On Prayer
Written to Sairen-bo in 1272

All the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would never go unanswered

Though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered. 17/1

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
On Prayer
Written to Sairen-bo in September 1272