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Ikeda Sensei Pens 2023 New Year’s Poems

The morning sun illuminates the Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu, Tokyo, Jan. 2, 2021.
Dawn—The morning sun illuminates the Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu, Tokyo, Jan. 2, 2021. Photo by Seikyo Press

The following poems were published in the Jan. 1, 2023, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun.

We, as mentor and disciple,
are unwavering champions
“of heaven, earth, and humanity.” [1]
Let us illuminate the world with the brilliant
morning sun of time without beginning.

• • •

The seeds of happiness and enlightenment
sprout through life-to-life connections.
May you take the lead in expanding
our network of youthful Soka women
for the sake of peace together with good friends.

• • •

With the resolve “I am a young flagbearer
who will lead the way!”
make the triumphant song of
our life-affirming philosophy resound
to bring peace to all lands, all people.

Daisaku Ikeda
New Year’s Day, 2023

Jan.13, 2023, World Tribune, p. 4

References

  1. “White Horses and White Swans,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 1063. ↩︎

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