Consider your faith is being tested" NICHIREN DAISHONIN (Gosho "The Workings of Brahma and Shakra)

"Consider your faith is being tested" NICHIREN DAISHONIN (Gosho "The Workings of Brahma and Shakra" - written to Nanjo Tokimitsu).

"Whatever happens youth is the time to challenge yourself with the spirit, "Nothing ventured, nothing gained". 

I warmly remember a respected senior "giving me" that encouragement when I was young and facing many difficulties.

"The wholehearted philosophy of youth can be summed up in the term, "Dare!" said the American writer Randolph Bourne. "So much could be done if you only dare!" he asserted.

In every age, especially today, there are all sorts of pressures that make young people feel small and incapable. Yet our admirable Soka youth unleash their courage to challenge themselves and give full play to their potential, bringing cherry blossoms of youth to flower beautifully.

Nichiren Daishonin is urging Tokimitsu "to rejoice at and bravely challenge" every obstacle. 
When we face hardships with the "awareness that our faith is being tested", we cannot fail to overcome them. Huge struggles lead to huge growth and huge victories!" DAISAKU IKEDA (NL 9589).