Anybody up for some "New Human Revolution", where Shinichi Yamamoto is a tiresome know-it-all?

The New Human Revolution Volume 26: Chapter 4

Installments: "Bold Advance" 37 & 38 By Ho Goku (that's Ikeda's pen name for his ghostwriters himself)

On February 19 at 2:30 p.m., at the Tachikawa Culture Center, where the Shin'etsu Young Men's Division Leaders Meeting was being held, Shin'ichi Yamamoto's powerfully determined voice boomed through the hall: "There is a famous line from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass that reads: "Allons! through struggles and wars! / The goal that was named cannot be countermanded."

"None of you can understand me, because none of you speaks Engrish OR French! And what's especially hilarious is I CAN'T EITHER!! But ADMIRE MEEEEE for deliberately using language you can't understand to show off just how intellectual I think I am!!"

The assembled youth listened to Shin'ichi's words with total concentration.

Of course they did. Because, since Shin'ichi is the ultimate Mary Sue and that's one of the characteristics of the "Mary Sue" - everyone finds her (or him) endlessly FASCINATING...

In his youth, Shin'ichi had engraved these lines of Whitman in his heart until he could recite them from memory. He often shared them with young people.

Yes, of course he did, which completely contradicts Ikeda's REAL history of having dropped out of community college after just ONE semester!

"'Allons!' (literally meaning "let's go!" in French) captures the youthful attitude of living optimistically with one's sights set on the future, not being held back by the past. It is the spirit of daily development, focusing on this moment forward. It is the spirit to keep challenging without cease. To continue is important in faith, but this doesn't mean being content with just doing the same thing you did yesterday. That is simply acting out of force of habit. The real meaning of continuing in faith is rousing yourself to keep taking on challenges day after day, with fresh determination, in the spirit of Whitman's poem. I want you to remember that the key to human revolution and victory in life lies in making each day a new start and one of victory. Arduous struggles and difficulties are an inevitable part of the journey you have undertaken for kosen-rufu and your own victory in life. No great individuals have lived free from hardship. All those who have achieved outstanding accomplishments have invariably experienced opposition, criticism, and slander of some form, and faced all kinds of adversity. Both Soka Gakkai's first and second presidents Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, who pioneered the great path of Soka, risked their lives to stand up to oppression by the Japanese militarist authorities during World War II."

No, they really didn't. Neither of them had the slightest criticism of the Pacific War either before or during their imprisonment. They sought the overthrow of the Japanese government and were imprisoned for treason because of it.

"We are the disciples of these two lionhearted men. Our own human revolution lies in courageously taking on difficult challenges and breaking through them."

"Life is full of twists and turns. There are also times when it is an uphill struggle, but we just have to keep pushing forward. However, when we bravely face and challenge such trials, we can develop and train ourselves, our lives growing stronger and more expansive." Shin'ichi Yamamoto continued with even greater emphasis: "Encountering struggles in life are part of our unavoidable karma as human beings. But we have to keep striving toward the finishing line of life - which for us is characterized by our goal of kosen-rufu, attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime, developing ourselves as human beings, and demonstrating actual proof of victory filled with good fortune. If we take the example of an airplane, once it takes off, the plane must keep flying if it is to reach its next destination. Along the way, it may encounter strong winds, or there may be thunder clouds in its flight path. This is even more so for us, because we are engaged in a struggle for kosen-rufu, the sacred work of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, and our life's supreme purpose. Naturally, we must be prepared for hardships. I am praying earnestly each day that you will regard hardships as a badge of honor and, with conviction and joy in your faith, advance with vigor. Every hardship will make our personal experience shine that much more brightly. Each challenge will enable us to accumulate more strength. Only by striving our hardest can we grow into true leaders."

Referring to Josei Toda's guidance for men's and young men's division members on one occasion that they should strive to become leaders in their field, Shin'ichi then urged each member to similarly aim to be the very best in their chosen area of endeavor.

Yeah, because no one except a supremely enlightened person would ever think to say, "Make sure you do a good job at work!"

Next, he went on to relate how he and several other young men during the early days of the Soka Gakkai took the lead in promoting a surge in kosen-rufu, and how they spent many months striving intensely night and day for this purpose.

Oh brother (eye roll)

"The times are constantly changing," said Shin'ichi. "But kosen-rufu, a religious revolution carried out by individuals transforming their lives from their very foundation, can only be realized if we are ready to give our lives to the effort. In other words, whatever else you may do, the important thing is that you keep the flame of faith burning brightly in your hearts, come what may. Additionally, it is essential to gain the trust and understanding of people in society." Source

I'm just surprised that nobody killed him just to shut him up. What a bore! What a tedious, self-important windbag! What a pompous ass!