English Discussion Meet

Yesterday I went for a English discussion meeting in Sri Damansara. Dr Boey made a rare appearance. For someone as busy as he is, saving lives, it is an honour to have him attend a discussion meeting, I was told. My first impression of him was that he looked a lot like President Ikeda when the President was younger. The looks are so alike, it is uncanny. Looking at Dr Boey reminds me of all the pictures of President Ikeda as depicted in The New Human Revolution book.

Dr Boey said something to the group that made a deep impression to Annie and I. He said that in order to strengthen one's faith there are 2 things we have to do:
1. "wanting to do something";
2. "praying for the courage/strength/energy/wisdom to do it"

He said that wanting to do something means really putting one's mind and soul to doing it. We should always cover 4 aspect when talked about doing something:
a. Gakkai activities
b. our job
c. our family
d. our social life

There are opportunity to do kosen-rufu in each of the 4 areas - focusing on your job is working on kosen-rufu. Spending time with family is kosen-rufu. Focusing on all these 4 aspects does not mean that you need to allocate equal time for all four. This is where prayers come in - to give you the wisdom on what is the right time to focus and on which area.

For example, if this weekend is an anniversary, then you really need to spend time with the wife and pay more attention on the family part, even if it means not doing your office duty. On another weekend, it may mean that you are putting 12 hours into job and not on family. When and how much time to put in is where wisdom comes in. And wisdom is obtained from? Prayers!

And we should not forget the non-member friends, Dr Boey said. Human interactions is important because through these interactions, whether with members or non members, you build the relationship and thus paving ways for more kosen-rufu in the future.