广布历史上有名的“二月奋战”，当时一支部一个月的折伏成果顶多一百户，为达成户田先生75万户的心愿，当时年仅24岁的池田先生，接任东京蒲田支部干事后，随即展开广布奋战，达成一个月201户的纪录，激励全国折伏的进展势如破竹，缔造日本广布的新里程碑。
户田先生在最后一次生日时说：“以大作的手，能做到什么程度呢？达成一千万人信心时，那可不是盖的喔！真令人期待！令人期待！”池田先生为实现户田先生遗言，拼命至今。让我们学习池田先生“二月奋战”的精神，打破折伏障碍，在今年再创广布新历史。
打破折伏的障碍 –
广布史上的“二月奋战”
蒲田的“二月奋战”是什么呢？池田SGI会长在《新人间革命随笔》中谈到：“正是现在，冲破障碍！打开胜利关口！我要将先生的期待，作为我的使命，猛然奋起！”
一切取决于“人”。
一切取决于“弟子”。
如何才能冲破像雁鸭似的横向并列行进的状态呢？户田会长心意已定 – “该派大作上场了！”
要让支部长成为日本第一
因为池田先生做到了世界第一的幕后奋战，所以才能成为世界第一的领导者。
每组“二户”的折伏
“二月是大圣人圣诞的月份，是户田先生诞生的月份。因为户田先生的指导，所以我们变幸福了。这样的恩情，该如何回报？那就是救济不幸的人。一起来往完成每组两户的折伏吧！”
“奋战的第一步，就是决定明确的目标。”（《新人间革命随笔》）
“班都做不到的事，组不可能做到。”
池田先生禀然回答：“还没做之前，不能说不可能。先试试看吧！”
充满确信的话语，使内心感到困惑的人，也开始赞同：“对呀，试试看吧！”
奋战必须从“深深的祈愿”开始！决不能斥责同志。
再唱一次题目吧！
池田先生说：“一起来唱题吧！”强而有力的题目三唱声，震撼了青年。
池田先生说：“再唱一次题目吧！”这一次青年跟上了。但，之后又说：“再一次！”
池田先生对着御本尊报告一天的奋斗情况，真是让人见识到“常在战场”的一决胜负之心。
座谈会是最重要的集会
“座谈会的成败，取决于中心者的一念与生命力，连现场气氛都无法掌握，是不行的。座谈会是最重要的集会，绝不可以随便应付。”
不自惜生命
一出席座谈会就，就以撼动参与者生命的强盛生命力，循循地教诲，流露出培育每一个人成为人才的决意。
守护会员直到世界尽头
“我要在后面守护大家，直到世界尽头。”
与池田先生前往折伏
他总是自己率先行动，与同志一起日夜为了弘教而奔走，比起一般只会指责：“怎么还不会折伏呢？”的干部来说，是相当划时代的做法。
折伏变得不同，以往只会待在座谈会会场等待的干部，开始与会员一同出访，演变成小型的折伏座谈会。
能与池田先生一同前往折伏，真是快乐的广布奋战，许多人因而站立起来，而每一个人又带着一位友人一起弘教，欢喜的连锁反应转变为冲破障碍的奋战。
池田先生与户田会长之间，无任何杂物。因为有弟子追求师弟一体之道，不为人知的苦斗，才缔造了蒲田奋战的历史。
同志是佛的使者
对于拼命的会员，许多干部却只问成果，以冷淡的声调问：“结果如何？”
可是池田先生不同。他说：“全部都会成为自己的福运呀！”
不但给予使人涌现勇气的鼓励，对折伏成果不佳的同志，也是笑容满面地极力称赞说：“已足全力努力了嘛！”
弘教没有进展，会员一个人垂头丧气地走在街道上。这时，突然有人从背后轻拍肩膀，笑着说：“继续加油啊！”“让我们一起奋战吧！”
这人就是池田先生。
弘教当场学习教学
池田先生一定会谈起自己的信仰体验，也让同行的会员发言，展开具有说服力的对话。这种“生动的佛法对话”，可说是始于“二月奋战”。
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所谓“创价师弟之道”，是指弟子肩负起全部责任。
户田先生说：
“我愿舍身为广宣流布，即使我的身体被放流至品川海，或任何之处，只要全力支持第三代会长，绝对可以达成广宣流布。”
蒲田的历史绝非“过去式”，而是“现在，必须冲破障碍！”
“现在”正是回报池田SGI会长一心广布的时候！
星期四, 一月 03, 2008
April 24th: Day of Justice (part 2)
2: The Spirit of April 24th
• Nichiren Daishonin often cites the Lotus Sutra passage, “There will be many ignorant people who will curse and speak ill of us” (Lotus Sutra, p. 193). Being the object of such disparagement because of one’s efforts for kosen-rufu is proof that one is a true practitioner of the Lotus Sutra. In “Letter from Sado,” the Daishonin writes, “Worthies and sages are tested by abuse” (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p. 301). Refusing to be deterred by abuse, false accusations, and scorn is the very mark of a person of true faith and practice.
• After the announcement of his resignation, Daisaku Ikeda did not go home. He went straight to the brand new Kanagawa Culture Center and reflected upon the significance of Daishonin’s persecution. He took a brush with ink and wrote the calligraphy “Justice,” and in the margin he added “I will carry the banner of justice alone.”
• The origin of Daisaku Ikeda’s stand alone spirit goes back to March 29, 1958, at Taiseki Temple. Hearing about the report of corruption and abuse happening in Nichiren Shoshu, Soka Gakkai President Toda told him “For that reason, you must fight adamantly against any evil that takes root within the priesthood. Do you hear me? You must never retreat a single step. Never slacken in your struggle against such evil.” Daisaku Ikeda took this as Toda’s last will to his beloved disciple and etched it into his life. Toda passed away four days later. (The Human Revolution, p. 1911)
3. The Importance of Protecting the SGI
When Daisaku Ikeda was deposed as president, his reasoning was that he could protect SGI members from the priesthood’s attacks if he sacrificed himself. He moved out of the president’s office at the headquarters building, but he continued to lead the world peace movement from wherever he was. He encouraged members with home visitations, playing piano, composing songs, writing poems, and holding small meetings. If you are acting to encourage even one person, you are protecting the whole organization.
4. Discussion Questions
• What can we learn from President Ikeda's actions during this time?
• Does April 24th have special meaning for youth?
• How can we carry on the spirit of April 24th today?
• Nichiren Daishonin often cites the Lotus Sutra passage, “There will be many ignorant people who will curse and speak ill of us” (Lotus Sutra, p. 193). Being the object of such disparagement because of one’s efforts for kosen-rufu is proof that one is a true practitioner of the Lotus Sutra. In “Letter from Sado,” the Daishonin writes, “Worthies and sages are tested by abuse” (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p. 301). Refusing to be deterred by abuse, false accusations, and scorn is the very mark of a person of true faith and practice.
• After the announcement of his resignation, Daisaku Ikeda did not go home. He went straight to the brand new Kanagawa Culture Center and reflected upon the significance of Daishonin’s persecution. He took a brush with ink and wrote the calligraphy “Justice,” and in the margin he added “I will carry the banner of justice alone.”
• The origin of Daisaku Ikeda’s stand alone spirit goes back to March 29, 1958, at Taiseki Temple. Hearing about the report of corruption and abuse happening in Nichiren Shoshu, Soka Gakkai President Toda told him “For that reason, you must fight adamantly against any evil that takes root within the priesthood. Do you hear me? You must never retreat a single step. Never slacken in your struggle against such evil.” Daisaku Ikeda took this as Toda’s last will to his beloved disciple and etched it into his life. Toda passed away four days later. (The Human Revolution, p. 1911)
3. The Importance of Protecting the SGI
When Daisaku Ikeda was deposed as president, his reasoning was that he could protect SGI members from the priesthood’s attacks if he sacrificed himself. He moved out of the president’s office at the headquarters building, but he continued to lead the world peace movement from wherever he was. He encouraged members with home visitations, playing piano, composing songs, writing poems, and holding small meetings. If you are acting to encourage even one person, you are protecting the whole organization.
4. Discussion Questions
• What can we learn from President Ikeda's actions during this time?
• Does April 24th have special meaning for youth?
• How can we carry on the spirit of April 24th today?
April 24th: Day of Justice
1. What Happened
Relations between the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood and the Soka Gakkai had been tense throughout the 1970s. This was due primarily to Nichiren Shoshu’s concerns over what they perceived to be the lay organization’s focus on widespread propagation in society rather than on giving appropriate attention to supporting the priesthood. This situation came to a head in March 1979, when Genjiro Fukushima, then Soka Gakkai vice president, openly criticized the priesthood in a speech. Fukushima said in part:
"When President Ikeda goes to the head temple, Gakkai members eagerl greet him, calling him 'Sensei.' But they do not go near the high priest. Nor do they yearn to see him. Even if the high priest walks by, they simply wonder, who is that old man? So priests are jealous and accuse us of treating the president as the true Buddha....”
Mr. Fukushima’s remarks were insensitive and did not help to promote understanding between the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood and the Soka Gakkai. Even though the Soka Gakkai offered an apology to the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood for Fukushima’s remarks, it was not enough. SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was forced to resign on April 24, 1979.
Daisaku Ikeda proceeded to move out of the president’s office at the Soka Gakkai Headquarters building, and often used offices at Tachikawa, Toshima, and Kanagawa Culture Centers. There was an atmosphere created by Gakkai leaders who later left the organization and the Nichiren Shoshu priests that Daisaku Ikeda not attend big Soka Gakkai meetings or give guidance to members, and that the Seikyo Shinbun stop printing his guidance or even photos of him. It was as if he no longer existed – he was even discouraged from traveling around Japan.
On April 2, 1980, under orders from the priesthood, Soka Gakkai leaders prepared and published an article in the Seikyo Shinbun under Daisaku Ikeda’s name. It was an apology for disrespecting the authority of the priests.
At the end of 1981 (based on his mentor Toda’s words “Once we have embarked on a struggle for kosen-rufu, we must win at all costs. To lose after having begun a battle is a huge disgrace”), Daisaku Ikeda stood up again and launched guidance trips around Japan, and eventually overseas. Nine years later, the priesthood excommunicated the SGI.
In his own account of this incident published in the World Tribune, April 9, 2004, under the title “Stormy April 24th”, SGI President Ikeda writes:
To protect my sincere fellow members, I sought with all my being to find a way to forge harmonious unity between the priesthood and lay believers. But all my efforts looked as if they would come to naught when a top Soka Gakkai leader — who later quit and renounced his faith — made inappropriate remarks. The organization’s enemies, who were waiting all along to destroy us, pounced eagerly. The priests raised an uproar and demanded that I take responsibility for this person’s words. I agonized over the situation. I knew I had to prevent further suffering from being inflicted on our members and to protect them from the persecution of priests. …
One day, I asked the top leaders of the Soka Gakkai, “Do you think that my resignation would settle the problem?” There was a painful silence. Then someone spoke: “You can’t go against the flow of the times.” The atmosphere of the room froze. A sharp pain tore through my heart. Even if all our members urged me not to, I was willing to bow in apology, if it would bring an end to the turmoil. And in fact, my resignation may have unavoidable. I also knew how exhausted everyone was, due to the long, defensive battle in which they had all fought so hard.
But “flow of the times”? It was the attitude, the state of mind underlying that utterance that so disturbed me. I could detect no trace of the fighting spirit to protect the Soka Gakkai with one’s life or the willingness to fight together with me, no matter the times or circumstances….
Had the top leaders of the Soka Gakkai forgotten the spirit of their beloved mentor? How pathetically they had let themselves be defeated! Where was the Soka Gakkai spirit that they should have allowed themselves to be so overcome by circumstances?
This news came as a complete surprise to the majority of leaders. I entered the hall halfway through the meeting, and cries rose from the audience: “Sensei, don’t resign!” “Sensei, remain as our president!” “All our members are waiting for you!”
Later, Daisaku Ikeda recalled the incident as a “spiritual beheading,” one that took place exactly 700 years after the Atsuhara persecution. In a poem, he wrote:
This far, far too bitter day
I will never forget
The dusk presses in
And I walk alone.
Relations between the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood and the Soka Gakkai had been tense throughout the 1970s. This was due primarily to Nichiren Shoshu’s concerns over what they perceived to be the lay organization’s focus on widespread propagation in society rather than on giving appropriate attention to supporting the priesthood. This situation came to a head in March 1979, when Genjiro Fukushima, then Soka Gakkai vice president, openly criticized the priesthood in a speech. Fukushima said in part:
"When President Ikeda goes to the head temple, Gakkai members eagerl greet him, calling him 'Sensei.' But they do not go near the high priest. Nor do they yearn to see him. Even if the high priest walks by, they simply wonder, who is that old man? So priests are jealous and accuse us of treating the president as the true Buddha....”
Mr. Fukushima’s remarks were insensitive and did not help to promote understanding between the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood and the Soka Gakkai. Even though the Soka Gakkai offered an apology to the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood for Fukushima’s remarks, it was not enough. SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was forced to resign on April 24, 1979.
Daisaku Ikeda proceeded to move out of the president’s office at the Soka Gakkai Headquarters building, and often used offices at Tachikawa, Toshima, and Kanagawa Culture Centers. There was an atmosphere created by Gakkai leaders who later left the organization and the Nichiren Shoshu priests that Daisaku Ikeda not attend big Soka Gakkai meetings or give guidance to members, and that the Seikyo Shinbun stop printing his guidance or even photos of him. It was as if he no longer existed – he was even discouraged from traveling around Japan.
On April 2, 1980, under orders from the priesthood, Soka Gakkai leaders prepared and published an article in the Seikyo Shinbun under Daisaku Ikeda’s name. It was an apology for disrespecting the authority of the priests.
At the end of 1981 (based on his mentor Toda’s words “Once we have embarked on a struggle for kosen-rufu, we must win at all costs. To lose after having begun a battle is a huge disgrace”), Daisaku Ikeda stood up again and launched guidance trips around Japan, and eventually overseas. Nine years later, the priesthood excommunicated the SGI.
In his own account of this incident published in the World Tribune, April 9, 2004, under the title “Stormy April 24th”, SGI President Ikeda writes:
To protect my sincere fellow members, I sought with all my being to find a way to forge harmonious unity between the priesthood and lay believers. But all my efforts looked as if they would come to naught when a top Soka Gakkai leader — who later quit and renounced his faith — made inappropriate remarks. The organization’s enemies, who were waiting all along to destroy us, pounced eagerly. The priests raised an uproar and demanded that I take responsibility for this person’s words. I agonized over the situation. I knew I had to prevent further suffering from being inflicted on our members and to protect them from the persecution of priests. …
One day, I asked the top leaders of the Soka Gakkai, “Do you think that my resignation would settle the problem?” There was a painful silence. Then someone spoke: “You can’t go against the flow of the times.” The atmosphere of the room froze. A sharp pain tore through my heart. Even if all our members urged me not to, I was willing to bow in apology, if it would bring an end to the turmoil. And in fact, my resignation may have unavoidable. I also knew how exhausted everyone was, due to the long, defensive battle in which they had all fought so hard.
But “flow of the times”? It was the attitude, the state of mind underlying that utterance that so disturbed me. I could detect no trace of the fighting spirit to protect the Soka Gakkai with one’s life or the willingness to fight together with me, no matter the times or circumstances….
Had the top leaders of the Soka Gakkai forgotten the spirit of their beloved mentor? How pathetically they had let themselves be defeated! Where was the Soka Gakkai spirit that they should have allowed themselves to be so overcome by circumstances?
This news came as a complete surprise to the majority of leaders. I entered the hall halfway through the meeting, and cries rose from the audience: “Sensei, don’t resign!” “Sensei, remain as our president!” “All our members are waiting for you!”
Later, Daisaku Ikeda recalled the incident as a “spiritual beheading,” one that took place exactly 700 years after the Atsuhara persecution. In a poem, he wrote:
This far, far too bitter day
I will never forget
The dusk presses in
And I walk alone.
池田先生80大寿生日快乐！
今天（2008年1月2日）是池田先生的80岁生日！祝先生和夫人香峰子永远健康、幸福、长寿！
回想起池田先生在《新人间革命随笔》第一篇《苛日新、日日新、又日新》中说明他从出世到80岁，以每十年作为人生各阶段的目标。80岁时池田先生要完成世界广宣流布的基础。昨天，自己很荣欣地被挑选为代读池田先生的新年贺词，题目就是《世界广布基盘完成》！心里真的感到非常高兴，池田先生的大愿完成了，恭喜先生！
世界广宣流布的基础……那是何等伟大、超越想象的宏大目标啊！相信很多人连想也没有想过，更不要说把它实现。再一次感叹，学会三代会长确实是与佛法宿缘深厚的伟大菩萨。
深切思考先生到底为什么可以完成这样的伟业？我的结论是“师弟不二”。
池田先生曾说教育是他的终生事业。以个人来说，一个教育家可以创办一间大学，算是此生无憾吧！池田先生创办了两间，还有幼儿园、小学、中学、短期大学；东洋哲学研究所、波士顿21世界研究中心、户田和平研究所、民主音乐协会、富士美术馆等等，以及190国创价学会组织，现在全球24小时都不断有题目响彻宇宙！这是师弟的心所开出的不可思议壮丽之花园。
世界广布的基础由先生打下了，踏入广布第二幕，现在是池田门下登场了！
我决意，誓与师，为学会正义胜利奋战一生！
“苍蝇附骥尾而渡千里，碧萝悬松头而延千寻”（《立正安国论》）只要以师匠的心为我心，一定会有不可思议的精彩人生在等着我去发掘。
池田先生万岁！
回想起池田先生在《新人间革命随笔》第一篇《苛日新、日日新、又日新》中说明他从出世到80岁，以每十年作为人生各阶段的目标。80岁时池田先生要完成世界广宣流布的基础。昨天，自己很荣欣地被挑选为代读池田先生的新年贺词，题目就是《世界广布基盘完成》！心里真的感到非常高兴，池田先生的大愿完成了，恭喜先生！
世界广宣流布的基础……那是何等伟大、超越想象的宏大目标啊！相信很多人连想也没有想过，更不要说把它实现。再一次感叹，学会三代会长确实是与佛法宿缘深厚的伟大菩萨。
深切思考先生到底为什么可以完成这样的伟业？我的结论是“师弟不二”。
池田先生曾说教育是他的终生事业。以个人来说，一个教育家可以创办一间大学，算是此生无憾吧！池田先生创办了两间，还有幼儿园、小学、中学、短期大学；东洋哲学研究所、波士顿21世界研究中心、户田和平研究所、民主音乐协会、富士美术馆等等，以及190国创价学会组织，现在全球24小时都不断有题目响彻宇宙！这是师弟的心所开出的不可思议壮丽之花园。
世界广布的基础由先生打下了，踏入广布第二幕，现在是池田门下登场了！
我决意，誓与师，为学会正义胜利奋战一生！
“苍蝇附骥尾而渡千里，碧萝悬松头而延千寻”（《立正安国论》）只要以师匠的心为我心，一定会有不可思议的精彩人生在等着我去发掘。
池田先生万岁！
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