might in the course of a whole life. A single year for them is equivalent to a decade or even an entire lifetime of an ordinary person.’*
"This is a perfect description of our lives as Soka Gakkai members. We are Bodhisattvas of the Earth dedicated to realising the momentous undertaking of kosen-rufu; as such, we are able to lead lives of incomparable meaning and value. I have striven in the spirit of making each year the equivalent of a decade or even an entire lifetime. The power of the Mystic Law is what makes this possible.
"May 3rd is the New Year’s Day of the Soka Gakkai. With this day as our annual starting point, we are living lives that are tens—no, hundreds—of times more fulfiling than others. All of you, who advance together with the Soka Gakkai, are noble comrades linked together by profound and mysterious bonds.”
SGI Newsletter No. 12014, released May 11th 2026, excerpts from video footage of Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the Soka Gakkai Headquarters leaders meeting held at
the Tokyo Makiguchi Memorial Hall in Hachioji, Tokyo on April 20th, 2006.
*Translated from Japanese. Yugo ronsetsu-shu (Selected Writings of Victor Hugo), translated by Shuson Enomoto (Shunju-sha Shoten, 1915), 215.
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