{"id":5493,"date":"2023-12-06T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/?p=5493"},"modified":"2023-12-02T11:59:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T02:59:16","slug":"quotes-great-hardships-are-the-badge-of-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/quotes-great-hardships-are-the-badge-of-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"[Quotes] Great hardships are the badge of honor\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr Toda once said to me:<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Daisaku<\/span>,\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0be deterred by insults and\u00a0<\/span>criticisms that resound like the din of\u00a0<\/span>yapping dogs.\u00a0Don\u2019t\u00a0let yourself be swayed\u00a0<\/span>by anything so trivial. Walk the path of\u00a0<\/span>heroes. Walk the path of the great. What\u00a0<\/span>we\u2019re\u00a0undergoing now is but a tiny\u00a0<\/span>fraction of the obstacles encountered by\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Daishonin<\/span>, whose teachings we\u00a0<\/span>uphold.\u201d<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n

I have\u00a0striven for more than 60 years with\u00a0<\/span>this determination. Great hardships are the\u00a0<\/span>badge of honour of those who walk the\u00a0<\/span>noble path of mentor and disciple.\u00a0It is\u00a0<\/span>now my hope that many youthful\u00a0<\/span>successors will continue along this great\u00a0<\/span>path of\u00a0<\/span>Soka<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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