NEW HUMAN REVOLUTION
VOLUME 30
GREAT MOUNTAIN CHAPTER
AWAITING THE TIME CHAPTER

NHR Vol 30 Great Mountain and Awaiting the Time Chapter was set in 1979 and provided insight into Ikeda Sensei’s mind as he strives to advance kosen-rufu in the face of the first priesthood issue. It also describes how, on May 3 and 5 [soon after announcing his resignation as Soka Gakkai president], he inscribed four pieces of calligraphy: “Great Mountain,” “Great Cherry Tree,” “Shared Struggle” and “Justice.”

“Great Mountain” and “Great Cherry Tree” were introduced at the headquarters leaders meeting in June 2010. This meeting came to mark an important milestone for Ikeda Sensei’s disciples, as he deliberately chose not to attend the gathering in person. Instead, he requested that these two calligraphic works be shared with the members for the first time and sent a message: “Now is the time for me to put the finishing touches to my work and leave everything to you.”

After his resignation as third Soka Gakkai president in April 1979, there were very few reports of Ikeda Sensei’s activities in the Seikyo Shimbun. This was because treacherous, self-serving individuals and a group of Nichiren Shoshu priests were plotting behind the scenes to prevent him from giving guidance at meetings and the organ paper from publishing his remarks.

​The chapters details the traits of evil and how evil utilizes their perverse machinations to wrest control of the organization.  It also detailed how Sensei fought with wisdom and courage, facing the persecutions head-on in 1979.  As his direct disciples, let us learn from these episodes how Sensei stood up against injustice so that we may do the same to protect our precious fellow disciples when such persecution from evil arises again!