{"id":5483,"date":"2023-12-05T23:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/?p=5483"},"modified":"2023-12-02T11:58:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T02:58:13","slug":"quotes-debts-to-my-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/quotes-debts-to-my-mentor\/","title":{"rendered":"[Quotes] Debts to my Mentor\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:248,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:0,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXP234435726\" lang=\"EN-SG\" xml:lang=\"EN-SG\" data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXP234435726\">President Toda dedicated his life to ridding the\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXP234435726\" lang=\"EN-SG\" xml:lang=\"EN-SG\" data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXP234435726\">world of misery and sorrow. 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