What is the significance of the Mentor Disciple Hall?
- "It’s because of presidents Makiguchi and Toda that we have been able to encounter this Buddhism and the Gohonzon and learn from the Gosho. We have thereby come to know of our noble mission in this world as Bodhisattvas of the Earth and have walked the great path to absolute happiness." (BS 13)
- Therefore the Mentor-Disciple Hall is: "to venerate the memory of our first two presidents and to renew our vows as disciples." (BS 13)
- "We need to honour not only President Makiguchi but President Toda as well." (BS 7)10.
What is its objective?
- To forever preserve, perpetuate & communicate the spirit of oneness of mentor and disciple.
- "The passage of time can dilute the original spirit. In the Soka Gakkai, that would mean the destruction of kosen-rufu. Shin’ichi had worries and concerns that Toda’s spirit would diminish or fade." (BS 11).
- "Toda came to the conclusion that constructing facilities that could forever preserve the spirit of his mentor was also necessary in order to ensure the eternal survival of the Soka Gakkai." (BS 6)
- "From its very beginnings, then, the Soka Gakkai originated in the mentor and disciple relationship. That’s why to keep the Soka spirit vibrantly alive, the path of mentor and disciple must be communicated and perpetuated forever." (BS 10)
- "The existence of the Soka Gakkai depended on keeping that spirit of mentor and disciple alive forever among its members." (BS 12)
- "The Soka Gakkai exists solely by the unity of mentor and disciple and the preservation of their lineage. That’s what makes the eternal flow of kosen-rufu possible." (BS 7)
