{"id":4362,"date":"2023-11-28T17:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T08:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/?p=4362"},"modified":"2023-11-23T13:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T04:10:06","slug":"article-i-am-the-direct-disciple-of-josei-toda-there-is-absolutely-no-reason-that-i-should-not-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/article-i-am-the-direct-disciple-of-josei-toda-there-is-absolutely-no-reason-that-i-should-not-win\/","title":{"rendered":"[Article] \u201cI Am the Direct Disciple of Josei Toda\u2026 There Is Absolutely No Reason That I should not Win!\u201d \u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"

Selling off some personal belongings to pay for his travel expenses, Ikeda Sensei utterly resolved to be victorious in the Yamaguchi campaign.<\/span>\u200b<\/h4>\n

At the beginning of September, Yamaguchi Prefecture had only 430 member households, while Tokyo had 100,000 and Kansai had 60,000. I went to Yamaguchi in October. By January 1957, membership there had increased close to tenfold, to 4,073 households.<\/span>\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n

Over the course of those three months, from October to January, I travelled to Yamaguchi Prefecture three times. I spent a total of 22 days there leading the short but decisive struggle. On top of that, I was striving wholeheartedly to help\u00a0<\/span>Mr<\/span>\u00a0Toda\u2019s businesses and support the Gakkai overall. Every step was a battle against time. The challenge was compounded by the fact that some of the senior leaders didn\u2019t grasp the significance of the campaign and were reluctant to cooperate.<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t have any money. I managed to pay my travel expenses by selling off some personal belongings. Still, I was utterly resolved that we would be victorious. \u201cI am the direct disciple of Josei Toda, a great mentor spearheading the development of our movement for\u00a0<\/span>kosen-rufu<\/span>. There is absolutely no reason that I should not win!\u201d With this thought, I would encourage myself to continue onward. I would not accept defeat! I would triumph! Such was my burning spirit as\u00a0<\/span>Mr<\/span>\u00a0Toda\u2019s disciple.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Selling off some personal belongings to pay for his travel expenses, Ikeda Sensei utterly resolved to be victorious in the Yamaguchi campaign.
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