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A new digital map is helping members and guests across the Caribbean find their local organization, creating new opportunities for connection and growth.

Pacific Zone members celebrate victories and launch the next chapter of ‘One Youth. Infinite Hope.’

A quilt stitched by hand. A rug filled with colorful flowers. Through her detailed artwork, Ruth M. Barnes captured the beauty of everyday American folk traditions and preserved them as art. Her work was created in connection with the Index of American Design. Barnes was born in 1880 in Pennsylvania. She created watercolor, gouache, pen-and-ink

Battling to trust people again, I find in prayer the trust I’d lost in myself.

The Buddhability App was launched on July 31 alongside their podcast episode featuring Bridgerton star Claudia Jessie. Why a Buddhability app? Many people first discover Buddhability through its podcast or social media but don’t personally know an SGI member who can chant with them or answer their questions. This extended into an idea for an

The following is an excerpt from the SGI (Soka Gakkai International) Global Perspectives Committee statement issued on July 23, 2026, ahead of the Seventh Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons that is scheduled for November 2026. The committee issues statements suggesting approaches for the resolution of pressing global challenges, building upon ideas

I am deeply saddened to share the news that former SGI General Director Yoshitaka Oba passed away on July 30, at the age of 84. Mr. Oba served as SGI general director for two decades from 2004 to 2024. Throughout that time, he devoted himself tirelessly to encouraging members around the world and helped build

From July to November, the SGI-USA women are studying Ikeda Sensei’s lecture series The Five Eternal Guidelines of the Soka Gakkai at our America Victory Daimoku Group chanting sessions. The study passage for September follows. Life is a series of unexpected challenges. What matters most is not whether we encounter difficulties but how we respond

On Saturday, Aug. 15, 1964, the World Tribune printed its first edition—a four-page tabloid with the first three pages in English and the fourth in Japanese. With headlines such as “Respect for Job Should Be Same as That Shown Toward Gohonzon” and “Prayer, Faith, Unity and Study—Keys to Our Own Happiness,” it communicated to the

The following is from The World of Nichiren Daishonin’s Writings, vol. 3, published in Japanese in March 2005. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 8, installment 5, pp. 258–60. Illness is not a sign of defeat or misfortune. For those dedicated to the Mystic

This study series covers Soka Spirit topics to be presented by a youth or student division member at Soka 2030 meetings on the last Sunday of each month. Has someone ever done something harmful, leaving you to wonder how they can get away with it? Maybe they acted out of anger, selfishness or ignorance yet

The following is from a speech at a general meeting in Wakayama, Japan, on March 24, 1988. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 8, installment 4, pp. 256–58. Referring to Nichiren Daishonin’s writings, Ikeda Sensei affirms that Buddhism enables us to change illness into

The following is from a speech at a leaders training course in Nagano, Japan, on Aug. 15, 2005. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 8, installment 3, pp. 254–55. Daimoku is the wellspring that enables us to face illness and transform it into an

From delicate roses to tranquil landscapes, Patty Prather Thum captured the quiet beauty of nature while helping pave the way for women artists at the turn of the 20th century. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1853, Thum discovered her artistic talent early in life. Her mother gave Thum her first drawing lessons, sparking her interest

Nuuanu Chapter welcomes 13 new members in 2026.

The SGI-USA has announced the following territory-level and national auxillary group leadership appointments: The individuals listed below have concluded their leadership roles:  Margaret Kasahara as SoCal-Pacific Territory Women’s Leader. Nanami Vittor and Lee Malone as Many Treasures Vice Women’s and Men’s leaders. Thank you very much for your many years of support in these leadership

On Aug. 14, 1947, Daisaku Ikeda, at just 19 years old, attended his first Soka Gakkai discussion meeting, encountering the man who would become his mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda. Just 10 days later, on Aug. 24, the young Daisaku took up faith in Nichiren Buddhism and became a member of the Soka

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Of all the Atomic Age relics on display at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History, perhaps the most telling were the children’s toys. Among them: a 1947 Kix cereal “Atomic Bomb Ring” featuring an adjustable gold-colored band topped with an aluminum nuclear warhead. The premium toy could be ordered by mail for

Two future division conferences, one shared spirit.

In caring for my father, we come to grasp our shared purpose.