June 6th

The first president of the Soka Gakkai, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, elucidates three kinds of goals in life through the following example: "Right after you compete in a 1000 meter race, a 100 meter dash is quite doable. On the other hand, right after a 100 meter dash, it's impossible to compete in a 1000 meter race. When we firmly establish a big goal in life, all the intermediate and smaller goals become clear to us, and we also discover the methods to realize them most effectively."

It is so important that we become winners in the marathon race called life.

- Daisaku Ikeda

Japanese text:
初代会長の牧口常三郎先生は三つの目的について語っている。「千メートル競走のついでに百メートルの競走はできるが、百メートルの競走のついでに千メートル競走はできない。大目的が確立してこそ、中目的、小目的が明確になり、その方法も生まれる」と。
人生というマラソンレースで勝利者になることが大切なのである。

SHODAI KAICHO NO MAKIGUCHI TSUNESABURO SENSEI WA MITSU NO MOKUTEKI NI TSUITE KATATTE IRU. [SEN METORU KYOSO NO TSUIDE NI HYAKU METORU NO KYOSO WA DEKIRU GA, HYAKU METORU KYOSO NO TSUIDE NI SEN METORU KYOSO WA DEKINAI. DAI MOKUTEKI GA KAKURITSU SHITE KOSO, CHUMOKUTEKI, SHOMOKUTEKI GA MEIKAKU NI NARI, SONO HOHO MO UMARERU] TO.
JINSEI TO IU MARASON RE-SU DE SHORISHA NI NARU KOTO GA TAISETSU NANO DE ARU.
(Josei ni okuru kotoba 365 nichi, pg. 173)