His insight pierced directly through people's miseries and unhappiness, and its effect still echoed in my heart 55 years after his death in 1958.
He had an extraordinary passion to inspire and encourage suffering people.
When he encouraged people, he manipulated the Buddhism life philosophy in his own unique way and transformed it into simple analogies of our daily lives.
For example, he said that we were all born to be happy, but without experiencing hardships, we cannot enjoy happy life, just like adding a pinch of salt into sweet red-bean (Azuki bean) soup to enhance the sweetness intensity. ( or salt to watermelon; salt to baked goods)
He had an extraordinary passion to inspire and encourage suffering people.
When he encouraged people, he manipulated the Buddhism life philosophy in his own unique way and transformed it into simple analogies of our daily lives.
For example, he said that we were all born to be happy, but without experiencing hardships, we cannot enjoy happy life, just like adding a pinch of salt into sweet red-bean (Azuki bean) soup to enhance the sweetness intensity. ( or salt to watermelon; salt to baked goods)
His spiritual legacy from my mentor became my lifeblood, therefore, I was not defeated when I was fired abruptly ten days after my husband lost his job (Never imagined in million years that he would die abruptly eight months after this incident).
In fact, I was admiring a beauty of high-rise buildings against blue sky background from a window on 18th floor in San Francisco financial district when I was fired, and then said to those cowards with smile, "Thank you for firing me so I can grow"
By Josei Toda
Whether
you suffer from poverty or failure in business,
or you are miserable because of marital discord,
or you get injured falling over a charcoal brazier,
ultimately all such sufferings are your own life.
or you are miserable because of marital discord,
or you get injured falling over a charcoal brazier,
ultimately all such sufferings are your own life.
They
are manifestations of the living phenomenon that is your life.
When we view things in this way, we see that
all occurrences in our daily existence are changes in our lives.
When we view things in this way, we see that
all occurrences in our daily existence are changes in our lives.
The
important thing, therefore, is to try to cause more positive changes
and ceaselessly make efforts to secure happiness.
and ceaselessly make efforts to secure happiness.
So the key is to live true to yourself....
To live based on other people or circumstances,
always thinking,
"Things would be fine if that person would only do such-and-such,"
or "If the world were only like this then I could be happy,"
is a mistake, is it not?
always thinking,
"Things would be fine if that person would only do such-and-such,"
or "If the world were only like this then I could be happy,"
is a mistake, is it not?
You
have to realize that living true to yourself is the only way.
No
matter where we go, we can never escape from our self.
Happiness and misery, everything in life, is contained in the single word oneself.
Happiness and misery, everything in life, is contained in the single word oneself.
Ultimately,
victory or defeat in life comes down to a matter of
disciplining and dignifying this inescapable thing that is the self.
Oshiruko - Sweet Redbean paste (Azuki bean) souce
Sweet Azuki bean Agar
disciplining and dignifying this inescapable thing that is the self.
Oshiruko - Sweet Redbean paste (Azuki bean) souce
Imagawayaki - Round pancake filled with Azuki bean paste
Sweet Azuki bean Agar
