Jose i toda on the lotus sutra
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Jōsei Toda
Educator abide second chairwoman of Soka Gakkai
Jōsei Toda | |
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Toda in Haw 1951 | |
| In office 3 Could 1951 - 2 Apr 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Tsunesaburō Makiguchi |
| Succeeded by | Daisaku Ikeda |
| Born | (1900-02-11)11 Feb 1900 Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 2 April 1958(1958-04-02) (aged 58) Surugadai Nihon University Medical centre, Chiyoda, Yedo, Japan |
| Resting place | Jozai-ji Temple, Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Japan (1958–2000) Taiseki-ji Head Holy place by Gojunoto Pagoda, (left frontside) Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan (since 2001–Present) |
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Encountering Josei Toda
(An essay from Jinsei no onshi (My Teacher in Life) published in 19691)
If I had not had Josei Toda for my teacher, I would never have amounted to anything at all. It took me a long time to realize this fact. While Toda Sensei was still alive, I was completely wrapped up in the struggle for survival, and during the ten years following his death, I have devoted every ounce of my energy to the task of carrying on and enlarging the work which he began. But now, as I look back upon all that has happened in the past twenty years and consider in a dispassionate manner what has been accomplished so far, I can see that everything has turned out just as Toda Sensei predicted it would on the various occasions when he talked to me and others about our future. When I reflect on my own life, I remember the unyielding figure of my mentor with wonder and awe.
My first meeting with him took place on a hot summer night in 1947, when I was nineteen years old. Tokyo, like the rest of Japan, was under the control of the occupation forces. At that time, the entire area south of the Imperial Palace was little more than a burned-out plain. Only here and there in the desolate night could one see dim lights flickering in the
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Engage in Dialogue With the Unshakable Conviction That All People Embody the Mystic Law!
That’s why when we read the Daishonin’s writings, his great life force pulses within our hearts and his voice reverberates in our beings with great lionlike conviction and compassion. Limitless courage surges within us. We are filled with hope for the future and fresh resolve not to be defeated by any hardship or adversity.
Inspired by the Daishonin’s passionate conviction, Mr. Toda said: “Faith means us ourselves having the most powerful conviction. When we chant daimoku with the firm belief that the heavenly deities will protect us because we embody the Mystic Law, then that is precisely what will happen.”
In this trouble-filled saha world,[2] no one can escape the sufferings of birth, aging, sickness and death. We each have a unique set of problems and circumstances. Mr. Toda warmly embraced each person, offering encouragement that moved their hearts. He assured them that they could break through any negative karma. That great conviction was the key that made it possible for our pioneer members to change their destiny and carry out their human revolution, and for the Soka Gakkai to make kosen-rufu a reality.
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