Night Duty on the 15th of Seventh Month

According to Chinese saying, on the 15th of Seventh Month of the Lunar Calendar, the hell breaks free!
GH & I were supporting C3 kaikan night duty on the 3rd shift. Didn't manage to sleep the whole night but managed to dialogue with JY & KS. Got to know both of them are doing well in their lives and careers. Feel really happy for them.
It was a calm and quiet night for GH & I to talk about what we should be doing from 2010 onwards. The direction on where should Gakkai's Art & Culture movement heading. Deep in night & deep in thoughts, well alert!
That very moment, I feel like I'm in the Land of Tranquil Light

Neither the pure land nor hell exists outside ourselves; both lie within our own
hearts. Awaken to this truth, one is called a Buddha; deluded about it, one is
called common mortal. The Lotus Sutra reveals this truth, and who embraces the
Lotus Sutra will realise that hell is itself the Land of Tranquil Light.

{Reply to the wife of Late Lord Ueno}

Feel like a Buddha on the 15th of Seventh Month! Haha!!

Bold Struggle

I was sick over the weekend and took a day off from work today. I arrived early in kaikan for our all leaders meeting tonight. GD came earlier and none of the Region leaders was around during that time. Apparently it was due to some road construction on the bridge that make all the leaders from the other side of the river late. KP who is suppose to in-charge of the slides are late. He called and told me, being an emcee, to drag on, and at the same time he will email tonight's meeting slides to kaikan. I understood most of the leaders has already in the hall and I can't dragged any further. I told Region chief who was leading the Daimoku to start Gongyo in 5 minutes. I told him we might run into a risk that there will be no slides for my part (review of Campaign 2) and his part (encouragement for Campaign 3).

As I started the meeting and reviewing the kosen-rufu results of our previous Campaign (without slides), the members are all very attentive and pay most of their attention on how far we have done. When come Region Chief speech, our Multimedia group, KA, managed to finish downloaded the slides KP sent. Timing was just nice for Region Chief Speech. And the subsequent slides for GD speech were all OK.

When GD speaks, he gave his all and encouraged us on the NHR Bold Struggle chapter. I can feel GD's spirit in me. Even though the meeting did not end until 10:00pm, all the leaders were listening attentively to GD and none of them leave early.

The meeting ended with great success with our Daimoku sansho.

I realized that every meeting is a challenge, a struggle. In fact a Bold Struggle, a struggle to overcome whatever circumstances that may popped up unexpectedly. A strong determination and prayer will ensure a successful meeting.

Shitei Kaikan - The Beginning

We had a meeting with SGI leaders last night. They both stressed on the importance of Mentor & Disciple Spirit. They mentioned both our Advisor & GD went to Japan on different occasion to meet SGI leaders on how to conduct kosen-rufu with Mentor & Disciple Spirit in Malaysia in the future. I thought this is something everyone (or rather every top leaders in SG) should know. Why need to ask anymore?
However, I found out this is not the case for a disciple who always seek for Mentor. A disciple who think he knows all is arrogant! I feel very proud our Malaysia kosen-rufu is actually led by these two humble gentlemen! Even at this many years of faith in Gakkai, they are still always seek for Mentor in their hearts. It was due to this pure seeking spirit Sensei agreed to open the Shitei Kaikan in Malaysia. That's why the 5th Shitei Kaikan in the world will be KL soon!
Thank you Mr. K & GD for showing me the right path of Mentor & Disciple!