To this day, I am constantly engaged in dialogue with my mentor. In my mind, I stand before him as the youth I was. Kosen-rufu was our shared aspiration, our great dream and adventure as mentor and disciple.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 338
Daisaku Ikeda
Valuing each individual—this is an unbroken tradition of the Soka Gakkai. We focus on one suffering person, wholeheartedly engage them in dialogue, and do everything we can to encourage them. You, our young people, especially, must not lose sight of this tradition. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 95
Daisaku Ikeda
In the Soka Gakkai, when we speak of “the tradition of discussion meetings,” we’re not referring to our history of holding discussion meetings for many years. Rather, we’re talking about the Soka Gakkai tradition of valuing each individual, which is epitomized in our discussion meetings.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 127
Daisaku Ikeda