An advice to those who have experienced great suffering.

Those who have experienced great suffering must win in life and become happy. If you're always losing and miserable, then you are not practicing the Daishonin's Buddhism correctly. You are not following the true path in life. Buddhism teaches the means by which the sad can become happy and the happy become happier still. That is the reason for our practice.

For Today and Tomorrow
Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda 18/5

If we refuse to be defeated by problems and sufferings and persist in our faith, we are certain to attain happiness and victory

Because we live in the human realm, we of course experience problems and suffering. Life is filled with contradictions. But if we refuse to be defeated by them and persist in our faith, we are certain to advance along the path towards happiness and victory. This is the essential power of Buddhism.

Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda 3/2

Life is full of unexpected suffering

Life is full of unexpected suffering. Even so, as Eleanor Roosevelt says: "If you can live through that [a difficult situation] you can live through anything. You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'" That's exactly right. Struggling against great difficulty enables us to develop ourselves tremendously. We can call forth and manifest those abilities lying dormant within us. Difficulty can be a source of dynamic new growth and positive progress. 15/2

Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life

Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever. -Nichiren 7/5

Door to our lives

You must never slacken in your efforts to build new lives for ourselves. Creativeness means pushing open the heavy door to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the hardest task in the world. For opening the door to your life is more difficult than opening the doors to the mysteries of the universe.

Overcoming problems and suffering

Because we live in the human realm, we of course experience problems and suffering. Life is filled with contradictions. But if we refuse to be defeated by them and presist in our faith, we are certain to advance along the path towards happiness and victory. This is essential power of Buddhism.