The SGI has always been a movement committed to empowerment—of the people, by the people, and for the people—through a process we describe as human revolution.
The essence of empowerment is to fully unleash the boundless potential inherent in every human being based on the Buddhist understanding that our own happiness is inextricably linked to the happiness of others.

From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 512