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過去の宿縁追い来って今度日蓮が
弟子と成り給うか・釈迦多宝こそご存じ候らめ
「在在諸仏土常与師俱生」よも虚事候はじ
（御書全集1338㌻）
- It must be ties of karma from the distant past that have destines you to become my disciple at a time like this. Shakyamuni and Many Treasures certainly realized this truth. The sutra´s statement, "Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers," cannot be false in any way.
- -The Writing of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1 (Tokyo: Soka Gakkai, 1999), p.217
法華経には「在在諸仏土 常与師俱生」と、
仏法の師弟の永遠性が説かれています。
師弟の旅は永遠です。師弟の誓願を
果たしゆく挑戦も永遠に続きます。
いよいよ若々しく、魂を燃え上がらせながら！
（『ジャズと仏法、そして人生を語る』毎日新聞社 から）
The Lotus Sutra explains the eternity of the relationship in this way: "After that Buddha had passed into extinction, those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers."
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The mentor-disciple journey is eternal. The ceaseless challenge of fulfilling the mentor-disciple vow will go on forever. Let´s continue our challenge with an increasingly young and vigorous spirit.