What then is spiritual maturity? It is simple yet, perhaps, difficult. In short, however, it just means to be blessed with the basic stance of mind that perceives everything with joy and delight.

July 30, 1955: 10th Training Course in Jiba for Students Attending High Schools Outside Jiba

As Oyasama always said, our spiritual growth is not something that could be accomplished merely by our teachers' teaching it to us or trying to force it to happen. More important, we need to draw on our own strength, hopes, and joy to develop the qualities and talents with which we are endowed.

December 5, 1965: Ceremony to Commemorate the Completion of Ichiretsu-kaikan Building