May I extend my warmest New Year’s greetings to all of you. I would also like to express my sincere appreciation for the efforts you devoted to the work of single-hearted salvation during the past year.
With the beginning of the new year, we have now entered the second year of the “three years, one thousand days” period leading up to the 130th Anniversary of Oyasama. From March through June, the Oyasama 130th Anniversary Yoboku Gatherings will be held across the country and in many parts of the world. It is my hope that those gatherings will give an extra boost to our pre-anniversary activities.
Let each of us make an effort to help others in any way we can so that we may be able to measure up to the everliving Oyasama’s parental heart. Let us start with anything we can do.
May I ask for your continued efforts during this new year.
New Year’s Day
Zenji Nakayama
The Shinbashira