{"id":5695,"date":"2023-12-08T19:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T10:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/?p=5695"},"modified":"2023-12-02T12:29:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T03:29:43","slug":"article-the-worth-of-the-mentor-is-determined-by-the-disciple-not-by-the-mentor-but-by-the-disciples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/article-the-worth-of-the-mentor-is-determined-by-the-disciple-not-by-the-mentor-but-by-the-disciples\/","title":{"rendered":"[Article] The Worth of the Mentor Is Determined by the Disciple\u2014Not by the Mentor, but by the Disciples!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mentor-disciple relationship of the first three presidents of the\u00a0<\/span>Soka<\/span>\u00a0Gakkai is in complete accord with the\u00a0<\/span>Daishonin\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0teaching. It is crucial to resolutely challenge anyone who would trample on this mentor-disciple spirit. And the more strenuously we protect it, the more fortune we will accumulate!\u00a0<\/span>\u200b\u200b<\/h4>\n

In \u201cFlowering and Bearing Grain,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Daishonin<\/span>\u00a0writes: \u201cIt is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood, but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both will fall into hell. If teacher and disciple are of different minds, they will never accomplish anything\u201d (WND-1, 909). This is an extremely important\u00a0<\/span>Gosho<\/span>\u00a0passage that I hope you will all remember. Here, the\u00a0<\/span>Daishonin<\/span>\u00a0doesn\u2019t say, \u201cif the disciple has a good teacher\u201d; he says, \u201cif the teacher has a good disciple.\u201d If a mentor has good disciples, then that person is a good mentor. The key point here is whether or not we are good disciples.<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n

\u200bMr.\u00a0<\/span>Makiguchi<\/span> had a good disciple in Mr. Toda. And Mr. Toda had a good disciple in me. The worth of the mentor is determined by the disciple\u2014not by the mentor, but by the disciple.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n

The mentor-disciple relationship of the first three presidents of the\u00a0<\/span>Soka<\/span>\u00a0Gakkai is in complete accord with the\u00a0<\/span>Daishonin\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0teaching. It is crucial to resolutely challenge anyone who would trample on this mentor-disciple spirit. And the more strenuously we protect it, the more fortune we will accumulate!<\/span><\/p>\n

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The mentor-disciple relationship of the first three presidents of the\u00a0Soka\u00a0Gakkai is in complete accord with the\u00a0Daishonin\u2019s\u00a0teaching. It is crucial to resolutely challenge anyone who would trample on this mentor-disciple spirit. And the more strenuously we protect it, the more fortune we will accumulate!\u00a0\u200b
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