Thursday 5 July 2012

What exactly is courage then?

From the perspective of Buddhism, courage is the quality that enables us to expand our lives and manifest our innate potential--to do the difficult thing we know to be right. Courage impels us to grow beyond our own selfish concerns, to take action for the happiness of others. For this reason, Buddhism sees an integral relationship between courage and compassion. As SGI President Daisaku Ikeda succinctly puts it, courage makes our lives brilliant.
Read more via SGI Quarterly, July 2012 at http://bit.ly/MZLP7n

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