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"President Toda, thinking of the suffering of the North and South Korean people during the Korean War, composed the following elegy: I grieve for the many people there must be who have lost their husbands or wives or who search in vain for their children or parents on account of this war. There must be those who, losing the wealth that they have accumulated, are reduced to beggary and suddenly die. There are doubtless young people who have died without knowing why and elderly women who have been killed while crying out, "I haven't done anything wrong!" There must be bands of children who cannot even imagine what it would be like to have parents and siblings. And there are doubtless not a few housewives who have come to regard it as normal to be living with just the clothes on their backs, and elderly people surprised to find themselves dreaming about the rice they once ate. Are there not some who show surprise when asked, "Whose side are you on?" and who reply without hesitation, "I am on the side of food and shelter." These lines express the grief, sadness, anger and resentment of people mercilessly trampled upon, divided and killed. President Toda regarded the sufferings of the people of Asia as his own, and he was deeply pained by their plight. In his heart, he shed tears of sympathy. And to wipe away the tears of all people, he stood up alone to undertake the great struggle to widely propagate the Mystic Law. Carrying on the spirit of our mentor, we help friends become happy through the Mystic Law and send brilliant waves of peace, culture and education around the globe." (from "The Heart of the Lotus Sutra" by Daisaku Ikeda)
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