The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from Reaching Beyond—Improvisations on Jazz, Buddhism, and a Joyful Life, pp. 189–190.
I am certain that many people have felt this gratitude to someone for their help and guidance in making them the persons they are today. To nurture young people, one must spend time with them, speak with them and work together with them. One must share experiences together with them. If one has the passion to foster them into capable individuals, then pray for them, do your best for them and a seed will be sown in their hearts. Though it may not be visible right away, it will eventually blossom vigorously.
I have devoted myself to this process since my youth. As Nichiren Daishonin wrote, “Even one seed, when planted, multiplies” (“Cloth for a Robe and an Unlined Robe,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 2, p. 602). To foster capable individuals is to sow the seeds of encouragement and inspiration.
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