Encouragement
Let’s Confidently Enact Wonderful Dramas of Victory
Ascending a New Summit of Kosen-rufu Together
Voice of Courage and Hope
The weekly newspaper and monthly magazine of the Soka Gakkai International-USA, part of the world’s most diverse lay Buddhist organization.
Feature
The Next Phase of Reopening
At the Central Executive Committee Conference, significant changes to reopening are approved.
Experience
Pioneering With Heart
How the humanity of SGI members upended my worldview and remade me as a revolutionary.
Activity Report
Now Is the Time to Spread the Law
by Maya Gunaseharan SGI-USA Young Women’s Leader I would first like to express my deepest appreciation to all SGI-USA members for their support of the young women toward the anniversary of our division’s founding on July 19. With no shortage of crises in society resulting from the disregard of human life, the difficulty of this
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Feature
The Buddhist View on Caregiving
Caregiving for an elderly family member is a great responsibility. Truth be told, while it can be incredibly rewarding, it can also be extremely challenging at times. In this issue, we interview SGI-USA members about their caregiving experiences, and include guidance from Ikeda Sensei’s book On Health and Long Life to those undertaking this important
Experience
Infusing My Work With the Buddha’s Life State
Seeking my mentor, I strive to build the Buddha land as an architect for kosen-rufu. I’m Wayne Thomas from Los Angeles.
Monthly Message
Engaging in Confident Dialogue Like Our Founding President
Nichiren Daishonin writes, “If the [source] is inexhaustible, the stream will never run dry” (“Flowering and Bearing Grain,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 909). It is the Soka Gakkai’s unsurpassed honor to have an everlasting source in its founding spirit. June is the birth month of our founder and first president Tsunesaburo
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Having a Mentor in One’s Heart
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WT Interviews
Interview
Making Resistance My Ally
Wayne Shorter, legendary American jazz saxophonist and composer, has earned worldwide recognition for his mastery of the saxophone, including six honorary doctorates and 11 Grammy Awards. The New York Times named him the foremost living composer in jazz. At age 88, together with four-time Grammy award winner Esperanza Spalding, he has completed his first opera,
Interview
I’m Here to Raise Capable People
SGI-USA member Michele LaMontagne is the second woman to reach the rank of brigadier general in the New Mexico National Guard and its first female commander. The World Tribune spoke with her about her career and how she uses her Buddhist practice in her daily life. World Tribune: Thank you for speaking with us about
Experience
The Never-Give-Up Queen
SGI-USA member Aarti Jain, of Irvine, California, is a researcher who focuses on COVID-19 projects and training workshops for visiting scholars and medical students at the University of California, Irvine. The World Tribune spoke with her about her Buddhist practice and experience as a vaccine researcher during the coronavirus pandemic. World Tribune: Thank you, Aarti,
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