Remember, “The voice carries

  out the work of the Buddha.”(*)

Let’s brim with vibrant life force

  and speak out boldly!

Words that ring with wholehearted

  sincerity will definitely reach

  the heart of friends.

(*)OTT, p. 4 

Tentative translation of “To My Friends” published in the Seikyo Shimbun, based on President Ikeda’s recent guidance.