The New Human Revolution, vol. 24 by Daisaku Ikeda

Author:Daisaku Ikeda [Ikeda, Daisaku]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Middleway Press
Published: 2013-11-01T05:00:00+00:00

Women’s division leaders, with their wealth of life experience, are a valuable resource in such instances. When young women share Nichiren Buddhism with their friends, the words of the women’s division members are often very reassuring. And when a new member decides to join the Soka Gakkai and start practicing this Buddhism in Japan, the assistance of women’s division members in gaining the permission of their parents can be indispensable.

Women’s division members need to sincerely encourage young women’s division members, keeping in mind their roles as “elder sisters” or “mothers.”

It’s probably a good idea for women’s division leaders to occasionally participate in home visits with young women’s division leaders when they go to offer encouragement to their members.

When the greater block is brimming with the spirit of youth, the future is hopeful and dynamic. In many cases, the cheerful determination expressed by the young women’s division enlivens and imparts courage to everyone around them.

WHEN THE TOP leaders returned to the Soka Gakkai Headquarters after participating in greater block discussion meetings, Shin’ichi would always ask them how many youth division members had attended, and especially, whether the young women’s division members were in high spirits.

Shin’ichi would be overjoyed when he heard that young women’s division members had cheerfully presented reports on their studies, personal experiences or activities.

On one occasion he said: “I’m glad to hear that. It means our organization has a bright future. One of the reasons the Soka Gakkai has grown to the extent we see today is that we have consistently valued youth and enabled them to be active in the forefront of the organization, fostering them.

“The times are rapidly changing. The fundamental essence of our faith won’t change, but the way we operate and the style of our organization, has to adapt to the times. The Soka Gakkai has always gained the spirit of the times from its youth, using their energy to take the lead and be the momentum for new advances.

“The men’s and women’s division members can sometimes be attached to the way they’ve done things in the past and don’t think of looking for fresh approaches. But that’s how one falls behind the times.

“We have to keep up with the changes in our society and learn about new ways of thinking from our youth. That’s another reason why we need to make sure our organization encourages young men’s and young women’s division members to freely express their ideas to the men’s and women’s division members.”

Shin’ichi was always thinking about the future, especially the twenty-first century, from every conceivable angle.

Buddhism, for example, teaches principles that enable us to solve every possible problem that an individual or a society may face. But the way in which we articulate those principles, the approach we take, differs from age to age.

Founding Soka Gakkai president Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, who established the theory of value, emphasized the importance of warning about the negative consequences of loss or retribution that arises from failing to create value. Second president Josei Toda, in order

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