The determination, prayer and strength to help people become happy are key to outstanding leadership. The SGI, as the true inheritor of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism, has opened a path of peace spanning the globe. The Soka Gakkai, despite storms of criticism, has bravely taken action to close off the path to confrontation and open the path to friendship. We have prayed and taken action with a sense of responsibility to see that such a calamity never comes to pass. Toward that end, we have developed a movement of peace, culture and education based on Buddhism.
Education represents the virtue of the teacher.
And culture, because it fosters people's inner lives, relates to the virtue of the parent. We are extending this path of the three virtues throughout the entire world. Once a path is opened, those who come after can travel along it with composure and ease. Nichiren Daishonin, as the Buddha of the Latter Day possessing the three virtues of sovereign, teacher and parent, opened a path to the enlightenment of all people. For this we owe him our eternal gratitude.