Buddhism Day by Day: Wisdom for Modern Life

The subtitle says it all! Start off each day with uplifting wisdom from truly inspirational content. When you thoughtfully apply each day's advice, shared rewards follow. My picture shows that this recent purchase is an add-on. I'm starting anew because my original, much-loved copy has quite many page markers to help me find and remember those days when I focused on what mattered most. Give it a try — I genuinely believe you'll enjoy it!

I have loved quote and informational books all my life and this giant size 416 page "Buddhism Day by Day Wisdom for Modern life" by Daisaku Ikeda is a delightful book filled with beautiful advice and wisdom for every day of the year. Even though this volume was written for those who are into Buddhism, do not let that discourage you from reading this book. These wonderful and insightful ideas are for anyone who is interested in leading a happy and meaningful life. This book explains briefly the true philosophy of Buddhism and how it relates to reality. The author goes on to emphasis how a thirteenth-century Buddhist Monk named Nichiren created a Buddhist system where the focus is on chanting Nam-Myoho-renge-kyo which can help anyone achieve enlightenment. There is a different quote and bit of advice for every day of the year beginning with January 1st and ending with December 31st. However, I found myself reading the entire year's worth of quotes and advice in a few days because they are all just fantastic. The following are just two examples of the words of wisdom in this fantastic book. "The Buddhist view is that to die a good death, one must have led a good life." "Just as a diamond can only be polished by another diamond, it is only through intense human interaction engaging the entire personality that people can forge themselves, raising themselves up to ever-greater heights." Whether you are into Buddhism or not, this is a book of quotes and advice dealing with how one may live their lives fully with happiness and joy. Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (The Samurai Heart: An old warrior's poetic tribute).

This is the single most inspiring but practical book of daily wisdom I have ever encountered by quite a bit. While the author occasionally references Buddhism, and particularly Nichiren Buddhism, 90+% of the inspiration has no obvious direct religious content. This is just really good, practical and uplifting encouragement, meant to get you acting with a realistic and forwarding looking attitude. I have given several people this book who span the gamet of personal philosophies, and everyone of them thought this was one of the best books of this type they had ever read. I am buying a third copy as I gave away my first two.

I am enjoying this book very much. Every day has it's own verse to read. Excellent.

Saw this book years ago in my sisters living room and remembered how much I like it. I search and found my own!

The book is exactly what I was looking for. Daily inspiration with thoughts to contemplate and inspire. This is probably not the right place to address this. The book has a really strong perfume fragrance. I am hoping it will fade.

This book is great!!! Recently, we had a very very tragic loss in our family. My 21 yr old brother, all American college football player with absolutely no enemies, was randomly attacked and beaten to death one night while leaving a store by a group of 6 guys. It was a gang initiation beating. I turn to this book everyday for support. It seems like every single teaching, applies to me personally so it's helped me a lot through these past couple of weeks! Especially during this struggle I have with losing my younger brother so suddenly and in such a cruel manner.

This book is fantastic,great to get up to a simple aspiration to get on with your day. Only takes a sec to read it and off to work or whatever. Helps you stay focused on your mindfulness.

words of wisdom by DAISAKU IKEDA. i like this book.it is a treasure.

Des conseils et commentaires de sagesse inégalés. Le monde serait bien différent si chacun pouvait en lire ne serait-ce qu'une phrase d'un seul jour. Nous le recommandons vivement.

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This book offers daily quotes of inspiration for not just followers of the Daishonin but anyone interested in a fresh perspective on humanism. Many of the quotes are based on the humanism of Ikeda - rather than being simply lifted from the Gosho (teachings of the Daishonin). A must for anyone who follows the Daishonin and an interest for those who don't.

My favourite and i read it daily