| --November 11-- |
| It is crucial to actively foster and develop new people and to allow them to play a full and active role. Seniors must not hold back their juniors. |
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| --November 10-- |
| A struggle is not won by theory or calculation. The factors that determine the outcome are energy, perseverance, capable people, and single-minded action. |
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| --November 9-- |
| A person of conviction who leads an upstanding life and demonstrates shining victory in society is a true winner. More precisely put, a person who has faith is the ultimate victor. Buddhism exists to enable us to lead such a life. There is something that I want to clarify for the sake of the future. |
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| --November 8-- |
| Advancing kosen-rufu comes down to propagating the teaching. Through such efforts we are laying the foundation for an age of the people. Those who can actually expand kosen-rufu are genuine leaders. Those who cannot, lack courage and are self-centered. |
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| --November 7-- |
| Happiness is not something bestowed on us by others or that comes from somewhere outside us. It is something that we ourselves must gain, with our own hearts. As Nichiren Daishonin says, “It is the heart that is important.” (WND, p1000) |
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| --November 6-- |
| What is the secret to helping young people develop their potential? It is important not to take them to task unreasonably. There are also times when praise alone will not adequately move people’s heart. While on occasion it is important that we give our juniors specific advice and direction, it is even more important that we work with them and together take action for kosen-rufu. |
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| --November 5-- |
| The benefit of the Mystic Law is inconspicuous. Even if we cannot see the results of our efforts right away, everything is constantly moving in the very best direction for our lives. That itself is the most profound benefit. |
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| --November 4-- |
| Buddhism is concerned with the present and the future. Instead of looking back at the past, we should always live our lives gazing from the present towards the future. No matter what great things we may have achieved in the past, we must not allow ourselves, now or in the future, to criticism and complaint, to stray from the correct path, and cause trouble to our fellow members and the SGI as a whole. For if we do so, we will become losers. |
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| --November 3-- |
| A person may have all the wealth and treasure in the world, but viewed from the perspective of the ultimate reality of life, such things are but mere illusions. WE cannot carry them with us into the next existence. The most important thing is to build an indestructible “place of happiness” within our own life. That is the purpose of Buddhism and of Buddhist practice. |
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| --November 2-- |
| In life, there is nothing more precious, correct, and important than faith. For that very reason, please do not forget that it is an act of the deepest parental love and affection to, above all, encourage your children to live in the “garden of the SGI”. |
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| --November 1-- |
| If we are going to live this life, we must not waste it on trivial, self-centered pursuits, but instead live for a lofty ideal. And the most lofty ideal is worldwide kosen-rufu. Those who continue to uphold a great philosophy, a great ideal, and a great religion are unsurpassed victors as human beings. |