Please be confident that your strong prayers will activate the power of the world of Buddhahood inherent in the universe itself and further resonate with the workings of the worlds of bodhisattvas, voice-hearers, and cause-awakened ones as well as the protective functions of all heavenly deities, enabling you to open the way to a life of great victory and complete fulfillment.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 53
Daisaku Ikeda
Toward that end, it is important to offer wholehearted encouragement to people facing such sufferings, to infuse their lives with courage and hope, so they are not defeated. Guidance in faith must be based on the writings of Nichiren Daishonin. The ability to give inspiring guidance cannot be developed by relying just on personal judgments and opinions. It has to be honed through striving in the two ways of practice and study within the organization for kosen-rufu.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 94
Daisaku Ikeda
And Mr. Makiguchi truly worked tirelessly to advance kosen-rufu, spreading the Mystic Law. Amid persecution by the authorities and while already at an advanced age, he conducted more than 240 discussion meetings (from May 1941 to June 1943, when he turned seventy-two). He also traveled alone to different regions and personally introduced some five hundred people to Nichiren Buddhism (from 1930, the year of the Soka Gakkai’s founding, to July 1943, when he was arrested).
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 259
Daisaku Ikeda