The 19-year-old Daisaku Ikeda joined the Soka Gakkai on Aug. 24, 1947, 10 days after attending his first Soka Gakkai discussion meeting and encountering Josei Toda. Three years later on this date, Josei Toda announced his intention to step down as the Soka Gakkai general director. In a heartfelt interaction between the two afterward, Ikeda Sensei decided that Mr. Toda would remain his mentor for life.
On June 5, 1976, it was decided that Aug. 24 would also be Men’s Division Day. It is a day for the men’s division members to actualize their vow of shared struggle with their mentor and dedicate their lives to kosen-rufu, just as Sensei had with Mr. Toda. (See The New Human Revolution, vol. 23, pp. 305–07)
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