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,
"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
to set 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..."
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."
Only daddy Daisaku can be mentor in SGI.
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