Congratulations on the inauguration of the Institute of Sokaology. With Director Mikio Matsuoka, I have engaged in numerous dialogues from the perspectives of Buddhism and Christianity, including the Third Civilization Publishing project Speaking about the Soka Gakkai. Director Matsuoka always takes Daisaku Ikeda as his point of departure. Without relativizing faith from a purely academic standpoint, he lives out the fundamental commitment that he, as a disciple, must uphold.