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    The Sun of Youth: Selected Poems of Daisaku Ikeda
    The Sun of Youth: Selected Poems of Daisaku Ikeda
    The Sun of Youth: Selected Poems of Daisaku Ikeda
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    The Sun of Youth: Selected Poems of Daisaku Ikeda

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    Adventure. Passion. Justice. Struggle. Revolution. Faith. These words exude the spirit of youth and fill this collection of poems--Daisaku Ikeda's odes to those who are the hope of humanity. With his own youthful spirit evident in every line, the philosopher and peace activist inspires, consoles, celebrates and challenges young people, expressing his deep feelings for them and his undying hope that they will find true meaning in their lives and be shining lights for this troubled world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateApr 1, 2017
    ISBN9781938252914
    The Sun of Youth: Selected Poems of Daisaku Ikeda

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      The Sun of Youth - Daisaku Ikeda

      12.

      Song of youth

      Song of youth

      Though clouds dot the sky

      and the wind blows

      the sun rises again today

      The eight a.m. sun of youth

      holding within itself limitless power

      as it spreads its light abroad, advances on

      correct course

      Never deviating from its strict orbit,

      beyond mansions of the sky, filling the heavens,

      a king in glory

      the sun advances wordless, unspeaking

      Wisdom that is in fact ignorance, decline

      of culture

      mechanization of man, death of philosophy

      scheming authority, deceit, trickery—

      is it not to dispel these

      that it sends forth its golden rays

      that it advances in this lordly manner?

      A sculpture of men and women in their

      entanglements

      a globe whose contentions never cease

      a world caught in the agony of indecision and revolt

      human existence, the brilliance of its life all but

      extinguished

      beneath the machinery of oppression—

      the sun advances through the heavens

      drawing forth a new vitality

      The Buddhism of Nichiren is like the sun

      our faith too shall be the sun

      To give true proof of regeneration

      filled with inner anger we advance

      upon the great road of reason, sincerity,

      and wisdom

      At last we have come to recognize it—

      the challenge to become a true human being

      It is the fight for the human revolution

      that begins with one individual

      and swells now to a multitude of seven million

      In that region, in this region,

      in that office, in this family

      friends fight, friends win

      The delight in these open faces, rolling forth in

      countless waves,

      has become a third force

      Friends who walk proudly in a life of

      self-affirming joy

      friends of unlimited creativity, singing of the

      culture of the common people

      friends who fight bravely to transcend the theory

      of class

      friends who struggle tirelessly and without end

      to give shape to the new life

      friends who tread an unshakable path, in a glory

      rooted in society

      friends who are victorious in the family revolution,

      who jingle the bells of good fortune

      Steadfastly we advance

      in the sincere and bloodless battle of the century

      The forces of emotionalism, panic, and envy

      have become three cowardly enemies

      blocking the path of our lordly peace

      Their jealousy

      churns like sand, rages like a storm

      But we will never be afraid

      We bear the banners of eternal life

      and we shall advance once more

      We lift high the banners of revolution

      Oh

      the Buddhism of Nichiren is the philosophy

      of youth

      Facing the strongholds of reaction and hatred

      mounted on white horses

      dauntlessly the columns will go forward

      The curtain has opened on the second decade

      Moving no longer in a line but over a broad

      surface

      you work to build the towering and fruitful

      culture of the twenty-first century

      This will be the stage upon which you perform!

      This will be your debut!

      I have my mission which is mine alone

      You too

      have a mission which only you can fulfill

      Without the strength of youthful activity

      what can the older generation accomplish?

      Upon the slope of construction, from

      incompletion to completion

      with songs of youth

      melodies of culture

      sounding the gongs of innovation

      heroically, rain-battered, let us work on

      With bright eyes

      soft smiles

      brawny muscles

      red-cheeked, clean-browed

      tenacious in individuality

      clad in the work clothes of steadfast determination

      you commence the construction of total revolution

      The steel is cold and there are lashing winds

      The steel is heavy—your sweat pours out

      But only out of this labor and mission

      will the true value of human life be born

      and the music of a magnificent fruition ring forth

      We young people will fight

      Striding through the storms of meanness,

      flattery, and carping

      along the road of true belief

      so that a myriad flowers may bloom,

      out of the valleys of darkness so that we may reach the high peaks of justice,

      from the rigid society of our times with its sighs

      to create a splendid era of human flowering

      like that of Man’yoshu times

      we will move forward, we will work!

      The formula for the enrichment of human

      nature—

      it exists nowhere but in

      a complete and all-embracing faith

      The profound search for a meaningful life—

      it exists

      in a faith that is lofty

      The self-won victory over anguish—

      it is none other than

      the religion of the Lion King

      A life unshakable in the face of strong winds—

      it can be attained

      only through a faith that is pure

      There are difficult paths of error

      mazes of mistaken belief

      young people who subscribe to no theories

      arrogant scholars—

      But the inevitable, the finest achievement

      lies in a proven religion alone

      Facing the eastern sky for the morning prayer

      pressing palms together solemnly

      to the source of the myriad beings,

      an awesome epitome of the universe in miniature

      With this act as the point of origin for growth

      and development

      in the midst of the varied forms of reality

      in the midst of mankind’s variety and

      complexness

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