Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
The Soka Gakkai's founding day coincides with the publication date of this book on education theory.
What is: The System of Value-Creating Education
pg 249
This is the term coined by Mr. Toda to express "value creation."
What is: SOKA
pg 251
President Ikeda suffered from this illness throughout his youth.
What is: Tuberculosis
pg 274
Mr. Makiguchi began practicing Nichiren Buddhism at this age.
What is: 57
pg 244
Mr. Toda declared: "I will through my own efforts reach the membership goal of this many households."
What is: 750,000 households
pg 288
According to President Ikeda, the Soka Gakkai has succeeded in spreading our movement for kosen-rufu around the globe because of this uniting spirit.
What is: The spirit of "many in body, one in mind."
pg 319
In May of 1942, Mr. Makiguchi was faced with persecution but never backed down. He made a declaration for the very first time, to dedicate the rest of his life to this cause.
What is: Kosen-Rufu
pg 258
Mr. Toda became the Soka Gakkai's second president on this date.
What is: May 3, 1951
pg 285
This took President Ikeda 54 years to complete.
What is: Writing of The Human Revolution (12 vol.) and The New Human Revolution (13 vol.)
pg 328
This was the spirit of the Soka Gakkai's founder.
What is: "So long as you live, do so with confidence and courage, dedicated to a grand purpose!"
pg 246
According to his disciple, Mr. Toda hated this more than anything.
What is: Being called a kind if Guru
pg 272
After winning the court case after 4 1/2 years, Ikeda Sensei came to the realization that is was the Soka Gakkai's inescapable destiny to battle against this.
What is: "The devilish nature of authority"
pg 304