In SGI President Ikeda's Sept. 10 speech, he
says: "I fear nothing. All that a human being should fear is how justice
will judge you. I want the youth of Japan to firmly inherit my spirit in
this regard. It is deplorable if youth stand by and condone the behavior
of those who arrogantly hold their fellow citizens in contempt, who have
no scruple in twisting and misrepresenting historical facts and who are
authoritarian to the very core. It is up to you, the youth division
members, the youth of the SGI, to change the way things are." This speech
was given during the recent SGI Youth Training Course. The entire speech
will be in the Oct. 8 issue of the World Tribune. For information on
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 The SGI-USA student division is celebrating its
third birthday with more than 100 members gathering for a nationwide
student division meeting in Los Angeles. This is our first nationwide
gathering since last summer's FNCC student division conference - and only
the second time that we've had such a nationwide gathering. The students
will study two of President Ikeda's essays, "A Revolution Dawns" (Feb. 5
World Tribune) and "Change the Times!" (July 30 World Tribune). The group
will discuss a variety of student issues and make its own resolution about
the temple issue.

 On Sept. 9, another Nichiren Shoshu temple,
Daien-ji in Kanagawa Prefecture (close to Tokyo), seceded from Nichiren
Shoshu. This is the third temple to leave Nichiren Shoshu this year. Mr.
Bando Sato, Daien-ji's chief priest, said in a letter to Nikken that the
revelation of the high priest's doubt in the Dai-Gohonzon (see the Sept.
10 World Tribune) led him to his decision.  Mr. Sato left Nichiren Shoshu
together with his three sons, all of them Nichiren Shoshu priests as well.
Mr. Sato concludes his letter to Nikken by saying: "Daien-ji was completed
r. Sato concludes his letter to Nikken by saying: "Daien-ji was completed
as the 10th of the 200 temples whose construction was initiated by Soka
Gakkai Honorary President Ikeda. Daien-ji’s construction was supported by
the sincere donations of Gakkai members in the Yamato area of Kanagawa
Prefecture. It was to serve their activities for kosen-rufu. And I believe
that this temple should be returned to those members who made the
donations for its construction, so that they can use it freely, for its
original purpose. This is how I feel about this temple. Returning it to
them is the right thing to do." See the Oct. 1 World Tribune for this
story.