To my dear and esteemed fellow SGI members in Singapore who are working so tirelessly for Kosen-rufu, I wholeheartedly wish each one of you a very, very Happy New Year!

It is my sincerest wish that you will each make further strides in your endeavours in the year ahead, enjoying the very best of health and brimming with unflagging enthusiasm and vitality. I pray that you will challenage and surmount all obstacles with courage and a sense of exhilaration, and emerge triumphant so that you can lead a life of unsurpassed happiness and value.

Please be confident and utterly assured that the original Buddha, Nichiren Daishonin, is protecting each of us without fail, just as we are rigorously supported by all Buddhas and bodhisattvas throughout the ten directions and all Buddhist gods -- the protective functions inherent in the universe. So please enjoy your life and faith to the fullest -- forge a courageous practice; lead a courageous life.

Buddhism is win or lose. Those who win attain Buddhahood. Those who lose taste only sorrow and defeat. It is essential that we win. Faith is the driving force for victory.

Nichikan Shonin said of the Gohonzon we embrace:

If you have faith in this Gohonzon and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo even for a short while, no prayer will go unanswered, no offense unexpiated, no good fortune unbestowed and no righteousness unproven.

I close my heartfelt message to you with my deepest prayers that this year too will be:

• A year of dauntless composure!
• A year of high spirits!
• A year of total victory!
• A year of health and fulfilment!
• A year of conviction and optimism!
• A year of opening our hearts in friendship and to each other!

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