The Foundations of Happiness - Selected Passages from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin for Young Women with Commentary by Daisaku Ikeda
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The Foundations of Happiness
Daisaku Ikeda
"Make study your foundation!" This is an eternal guide for young women. Women who possess the bright mirror of Nichiren Buddhism in their hearts cannot be swayed by turbulent times nor defeated by adversity.
Daisaku Ikeda
This volume contains one hundred passages from the writings of Nichiren Daishonin, selected over the past few years by the young women of the Soka Gakkai. Each passage is accompanied by a commentary by Daisaku Ikeda – president of the Soka Gakkai International and leader of the Buddhist movement based on Nichiren Daishonin's teachings – related to the topic discussed, thus offering readers clear guidance on how to put the Daishonin's words into practice in their own lives, and by an in-depth analysis by the young women of the Soka Gakkai International Study Department.
"If you read and study Nichiren's writings, you will become wise and develop a truly wonderful heart," Daisaku Ikeda once told a young woman: this is the spirit that animated the editors in compiling the selection present in the book which, although easy to read, offers a broad vision of Buddhist principles capable of transforming life, becoming a tool of inspiration and in-depth study that will last over time.