It is the way of a disciple to repay the boundless debt owed to one’s mentor. For 62 years, I have sincerely dedicated myself to correctly following the path of a disciple. I do not have the slightest regret…​​

Commenting on this reference to persecution by the authorities in “Letter from Sado,” Mr Toda said: “I have experienced persecution by the authorities once and, if I have the good fortune, I’d like to encounter such persecution again… I am fully prepared for something like that. I couldn’t be the leader of our movement if I wasn’t.”​​

When I was arrested and jailed on trumped-up charges at the time of the Osaka Incident (in 1957), Mr Toda, though extremely frail with ill health, personally went to the Osaka District Prosecutor’s office to lodge a protest with the chief public prosecutor. “Tell the prosecutor that if his aim is to crush the Soka Gakkai, he should arrest me!” he declared. And on another occasion, he demanded to know: “How long do you intend to keep my innocent disciple locked up?!”​

​He was a truly wonderful mentor. It is the way of a disciple to repay the boundless debt owed to one’s mentor. For 62 years, I have sincerely dedicated myself to correctly following the path of a disciple. I do not have the slightest regret.

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