2On May 2, 1979, I stepped down as the president of the Soka Gakkai.

At the Kanagawa Cultural Centre, I wrote down my pledge in the form of a piece of calligraphy. I wrote the single word, “Justice”. And in the margin next to it, I appended: “I will carry the banner of justice alone”, I knew that my real struggle was only beginning.

Whatever circumstances I found myself in, I would fight resolutely. Even if I was all alone. I firmly resolved in the depths of my being that I would triumph — in the true spirit of the oneness of mentor and disciple.