Resources for the Spain Soka Gakkai discussion meetings
Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other. (…) The heart of strategy and swordsmanship derives from the Mystic Law. Have profound faith. A coward cannot have any of his prayers answered.
↳ Passage from The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra, in WND-1, page 1001. Nichiren Daishonin sent this letter to his disciple Shijo Kingo after knowing that he suffered an attack and that, fortunately, he managed to escape unharmed. In this letter, the Daishoinin praises him for his usual “prudence,” “courage” as well as his “firm faith in the Lotus Sutra.” At the end of the letter, the Daishonin conveys him the words cited above, from which a thorough interpretation requires taking into consideration that Shijo Kingo’s profession was that of a samurai.
Being firmly based on the writings of Nichiren Daishonin is the lifeline of the Soka Gakkai, which is forging ahead in the struggle of ideas that is kosen-rufu (…).
Basing ourselves on the Daishonin’s writings doesn’t mean simply revering them as sacred texts. Nor is it just lecturing and commenting on them, or turning to them as a source of comfort. Shakyamuni Buddha taught that we should base our lives on the Law. We take the correct Law and teachings of Nichiren Daishonin as the foundation of our lives. We place our faith in the Gohonzon and strive to internalize the Daishonin’s writings as the way to free ourselves from a life consumed with suffering and be victorious (…).
Faith is the foundation for everything. As the Daishonin reminds us: “It is the heart that is important.”1 Living in this corrupt age of the Latter Day of the Law, and struggling in our disordered society, all our strategies and actions need to be rooted in faith in the Mystic Law. This doesn’t mean that the only thing we have to do is pray. Precisely because we are practicing Nichiren Buddhism, we need to be vigilant and win in the harsh challenges of society. The “strategy of the Lotus Sutra” is what allows us to accomplish this.[2]
In the lecture of the writings of Nichiren Daishonin from which the above passages have been extracted, Daisaku Ikeda uses the following words to reflect upon the opportunity that challenges such as the Osaka Campaign in 1956 and, as we are sure, “My Osaka campaign”3 starting from this January 2026 pose:[3]
How fortunate we are to take part in a struggle to which we can devote ourselves wholeheartedly, holding nothing back. As individuals, we also face challenges in our daily lives. The effort to carry out our human revolution is not by any means separate from the struggle for kosen-rufu.
We strive to win in each of those struggles together with our fellow members and the Soka Gakkai, devoting the precious moments of our lives for the sake of Buddhism and society. Those efforts allow us to develop a life state of unshakable happiness for ourselves and help others do the same, and to dedicate our lives to creating a peaceful world through the humanistic principles of Nichiren Buddhism. (…)
We succeeded in demonstrating for all to see the truly great power of people engaged in the shared struggle of mentor and disciple dedicated to kosen-rufu.[4]
One of the symbols of the beautiful island of Mallorca is its windmills. These resourceful tools use the force of nature for different goals, such as to extract water and to grind wheat, and which ultimate aim is to sustain life. In doing so, they also energize those who are close and that see their blades turn. Similarly, the members of this SGI-Spain discussion group increase their hope when sharing faith experiences in their meetings at the same time as they convey this hope to others. In this way, they inspire other people to join them. In their last 2025 discussion meeting (see picture) several people attended for the first time and, additionally, a fellow practitioner received the Gohonzon.
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[1] ↑ The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra, in WND-1, page 1000.
[2] ↑ Please see «Estudio» section in this issue.
[3] ↑ Please see «Este mes» section in this issue. [4] ↑ Ib. note 3.