Mr. Toda remarked: “Outwardly, we might look like a ‘Bodhisattva Poverty’ or ‘Bodhisattva Sickness,’ but that is merely a role we’re playing in the drama of life. We are in fact bona fide Bodhisattvas of the Earth!” He also said, “People who have battled serious illness really understand the profundity of life.”Everything in life has a meaning.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 253
Daisaku Ikeda
The aim of Buddhism, and the aim of the Soka Gakkai, is to free all living beings from suffering. The Soka Gakkai strives to enable all people to become happy. There is no other reason for its existence. How admirable and noble are those who advance together with the Soka Gakkai!
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 18
Daisaku Ikeda
Mentors and disciples are like runners in a relay race. They are pressing ahead, passing the baton forward on the shared path of justice, happiness, and peace for all humanity. The mentors run ahead to later pass the baton to the disciples. Nothing great can be achieved without mentors, and as such, they deserve the highest respect. Disciples put into action what they have learned from the mentor and carry on the work the mentor has left for them to accomplish in the future.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 210
Daisaku Ikeda