A woman visited the Kansai headquarters seeking Sensei's guidance. She waited for his return until midnight. President Ikeda came back, exhausted, after day-long activities with members. The woman told her story in tears. She talked about her jobless husband, delinquent child and financial difficulties. President Ikeda encouraged her despite his fatigue: "Don't cry so much. Tears harm your pretty face. The Gohonzon will never betray you. You will be happy without fail, no matter how much pain you are in right now. Your prayers will be definitely answered. Chant ten thousand daimoku every day. Let's pray together. Develop your courage and practise this Buddhism which involves faith, practise and study. Don't worry. I'll pray for you, too."
In another instance, President Ikeda told us the following story about the time he visited a district women's leader who was a in a predicament. "Determine to chant one million daimoku if you have a wish. It will be fulfilled without fail as long as you keep chanting. It's important to chant daimoku to fulfill your wish."
On another occasion, President Ikeda told a youth member while they were traveling in a taxi: "In Tokyo, I rarely take taxis because I walk. If I walk, I can chant daimoku on the way."
President Ikeda thus taught members to win by chanting daimoku.
Akinori Mineyama, then a Young Men's Division Group Chief's testimonial:
"What do you think we should do to win?"
In response, we gave our ideas, expecting Sensei would work out a subtle strategy for us to follow. However, Sensei said, "Do everything that you said. And chant daimoku."
Excerpts from the Osaka Campaign study - Value Creation, February 2007
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