Richard G. Causton

“The announcement that a train has been delayed, for example, can produce anger in one person, tears in another, and weary resignation in a third. Even so, it is usually very hard to accept that we suffer in direct proportion to our own inherent tendency to do so. But until we learn to accept that we become angry or upset not because of any external cause, such as our relationships with other people or our circumstances, but ultimately because of something that already exists within our own lives – the inherent cause – we can never begin to change that innate tendency and so become fundamentally happy. We”
― Richard G. Causton, The Buddha In Daily Life: An Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin

“people in the world lack the nourishment to sustain a healthy life; that over 72 million people have been killed in armed conflicts this century, more than in all previous centuries put together; and that, since the end of the Second World War, there have been more than”
― Richard G. Causton, The Buddha In Daily Life: An Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin