Daddy Daisaku

World tribune, 9-15-00:

"One of the things we hear in the SGI is that we should reply to 
President Ikeda's expectations. As children, we strive to live up to 
our parents' expectations, to reply to their love for us. If we are 
lucky enough to have teachers who care, we strive to live up to their 
expectations. In becoming adults, we leave the realm of our parents' 
expectations. Once we leave the realm of our parents' expectations,

whose expectations do we live up to? Our own? Our friends? We tend

toset our expectations just within the limits of our comfort zone and do

not realize our own potential or genius. It is the mentor who sees the 
greatness in us that we don't see ourselves..." 

and further down... 

"In The Human Revolution, the character Shin'ichi Yamamoto, 
representing a young President Ikeda, left the realm of his father's 
expectations and entered into that of his mentor in life, Josei Toda. 
As depicted in the book, Toda visits Shin'ichi's father one day and 
asks, "Will you entrust Shin'ichi to me?" After contemplating Toda's 
character, and acknowledging Shin'ichi's feelings for Toda, his father 
consents. Toda exclaims: "How splendid! I, Toda, will be entirely 
responsible for Shin'ichi. Please set your mind to rest" 

and guess who that mentor is who will replace *your* father... 

"But we are all comrades in faith, standing shoulder to shoulder, not 
front to back, following our mentor, President Ikeda, not one another." 

So you see, only daddy Daisaku can be your mentor not another.