Daisaku Ikeda
September 13, 2023

Everyone is a capable individual
with a mission.
Let’s believe in each person’s potential
and continue to encourage them.
Your earnestness and sincerity will
move your friend’s heart!
Tentative translation of “To My Friends” published in the Seikyo Shimbun, based on President Ikeda’s recent guidance.

Daisaku Ikeda
September 12, 2023

“Thank you for all you do.”Let’s convey in words our heartfelt appreciation to those close to us.Those who have appreciation are able to grow and develop limitlessly.
Tentative translation of “To My Friends” published in the Seikyo Shimbun, based on President Ikeda’s recent guidance.

Daisaku Ikeda
September 10, 2023

―WORDS OF THE WEEK―When we “[associate] with a friend in the orchid room,”(*) our lives will bloom beautifully with richness and redolence.Let’s pray and go to our friends in high spirits, listening well to what they have to say and learning from one another.Let’s create a fragrant breeze of cheerful encouragement!
(*)”On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land,”WND-1, 23) “A friend in the orchid room” indicates a person of virtue. Theimplication is that the company of a virtuous person works as a goodinfluence, just as one is imbued with fragrance on entering a roomfilled with orchids. It is said that mugwort supported by hemp plantsgrows upright.
Tentative translation of “Words of the Week” published in the SeikyoShimbun, based on President Ikeda’s recent guidance.