SGI Canada Newsletter, No. 129 - May 9, 2025
SGI Canada Newsletter
Issue no. 128
May 9, 2025
Welcome to the 129th issue of the SGI Canada Newsletter, a bi-weekly summary of news, upcoming events and encouragement. If you are not subscribing to the SGI Canada Newsletter, you may do so by clicking on the button below. Subscriptions are free of charge, and the SGI Canada Newsletter will be emailed directly to you.
Encouragement
Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s editorial - “Let’s Advance Together along the Great Path of Mentor and Disciple”
In his editorial in the May issue of Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada continues to write about the importance of protecting our mentor:
On May 3 [1980, President Ikeda] penned the following inscription on the title page of the manuscript for the fourth volume of his novel The Human Revolution:
This manuscript of The Human Revolution
tells the true story of my mentor Josei Toda’s
grand endeavour for kosen-rufu,
recorded accurately by
his disciple, Daisaku Ikeda.
Do not give credence to
any defamatory or scheming words.
I deeply inscribe the aforewritten for my disciples.
In this volume, a poignant scene unfolds in which Shin’ichi Yamamoto presents the following poem to President Toda after his resignation as general director of the Soka Gakkai:
Still serving
an old
and mystic bond—
though others change,
I alter not.
On May 8, 2007, during his first visit to a training center in Saitama Prefecture, President Ikeda reflected on the time he and his mentor had tirelessly journeyed through the region in a determined effort to rescue Mr. Toda’s struggling businesses. The vow to protect one’s mentor—come what may—embodies the very spirit that ensures the Soka Gakkai’s everlasting development. It is the direct path to human revolution and the profound inner transformation of one’s state of life.
Protecting the mentor begins with the sincere action of cherishing one individual at a time—an example President Ikeda himself consistently set through his own behavior. As Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Those who call themselves my disciples and practice the Lotus Sutra should all practice as I do” (WND-1, 978).
My fellow Soka Gakkai members who are directly connected to the Daishonin, now is the time to rise up with pride and confidence and advance in the spirit of oneness of mentor and disciple!
The complete editorial will appear in the June issue of NEW CENTURY.
News
Women’s Group General Meetings - “Illuminating the Future with Hope”
Women’s Group General Meetings are being held throughout May by district and in small groups.
In her message to the General Meetings, SGI Canada Women’s Leader Helen Izumi-Choi says:
Starting fresh from today, let’s “bring forth from within compassion as deep as the ocean, wisdom as vast as the sky, and courage as dauntless and unshakable as a towering mountain”[1]. Let’s be victorious in our human revolution to light the way for everyone around us like a beacon illuminating the future with hope.
[1] NEW CENTURY, January 2025, p.35.
For more information, please see the April issue of NEW CENTURY.
Women’s Group General Meeting in Fairview District, Toronto East area, on April 26 2025
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We hope you found this newsletter beneficial. Please email your questions or comments to contact@sgicanada.org. Please note that the next SGI Canada Newsletter will appear on May 23, 2025. See you then!