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Nichiren Daishonin—His Lifelong Vow and Great Compassion
Installment 21: On Repaying Debts of Gratitude
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Installment 21: On Repaying Debts of Gratitude
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Ikeda Sensei’s serialized novel The New Human Revolution chronicles the history of the Soka Gakkai following his inauguration in 1960 as its third president. It carries practical guidance on how to expand our movement for kosen-rufu and hundreds of experiences of inner transformation. Sensei appears in the novel as Shin’ichi Yamamoto. The following takes place
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A single road, stretching limitlessly. If we follow that single road, that single path, it will link us to the land. And beyond the broad expanse of the land, it will link us to the world as well. If we never stop walking ahead step by step along the correct path in life, then the
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Remembering our vow amid hardship, we transform karma and build eternal fortune. We are Akiko and Lee Look from Albany, California.
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Installment 20: ‘The Selection of the Time’
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This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an abridgement of his speech given at the First SGI All-America General Meeting, held at the World Peace Ikeda Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, February 24, 1990. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America,
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Ikeda Sensei: When we do gongyo and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, we conduct a ceremony in which we praise the Gohonzon and the great pure Law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. On one level, it could be said that our daily chanting is like a paean for the Buddha and for Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the fundamental Law of the universe. At the
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In the eighth volume of [the Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai’s] Great Concentration and Insight and in the eighth volume of [the Great Teacher Miao-lo’s] The Annotations on “Great Concentration and Insight” it says, “The stronger one’s faith, the greater the protection of the gods.” This means that the protection of the gods depends on the strength
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“Gongyo, which forms a fundamental basis of our Buddhist practice, could be described as a ceremony in which we bring the primordial sun of Buddhahood to rise brightly in the vast skies of our lives each day.”(Ikeda Sensei, pp. 18–19 of this issue) The first time a person hears about Nichiren Buddhism, odds are it’s
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In this essay, Ikeda Sensei writes of the power source of victory—gongyo. This essay was translated from the February 10, 2006, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Some members from Chiba sent me a photo of this year’s [2006] first sunrise over the Pacific Ocean. My wife, Kaneko, and I often admire
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The sixth class of Ikeda Wisdom Academy returned to the material studied by its first class 10 years ago, The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra. The Ikeda Wisdom Academy section of the November 2024–January 2025 issues of Living Buddhism will include workbook questions to guide youth members in preparing for the exam, which will be
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Buddhism is a teaching conveyed through the mentor-disciple relationship. The oneness, or shared commitment, of mentor and disciple forms the essence of Buddhist practice. If we forget the mentor-disciple relationship, we cannot attain Buddhahood. Nor can we achieve eternal happiness or realize kosen-rufu. It is through the bond of mentor and disciple that the Law
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Please base your monthly discussion meeting on one of the following: 1) Writings for Discussion Meetings (pp. 54–55) 2) Buddhist Concepts (pp. 56–57) 3) Material from any recent issue of the World Tribune or Living Buddhism Writings for Discussion Meetings Become a Person of ‘Pure Gold’ Passage Gold can be neither burned by fire nor
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The sixth class of Ikeda Wisdom Academy returned to the material studied by its first class 10 years ago, The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra. The Ikeda Wisdom Academy section of the November 2024–January 2025 issues of Living Buddhism will include workbook questions to guide youth members in preparing for the exam, which will be
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This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an abridgement of his speech given at the Youth Training Session, held at Soka University Los Angeles, Calabasas, California, February 22, 1990. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, pp. 62–68.
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The SGI-USA will mark one year since Ikeda Sensei’s passing by bringing together 50,000 members and friends at our November district general meetings.
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In the Latter Day of the Law, the votary of the Lotus Sutra will appear without fail. The greater the hardships befalling him, the greater the delight he feels, because of his strong faith. Doesn’t a fire burn more briskly when logs are added? All rivers flow into the sea, but does the sea turn
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Embracing my vow to become a doctor for kosen-rufu, I face the fears that stand between me and my mission. I’m Sharif Fennell from New Orleans.
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An interview with Lawrence E. Carter Sr., dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel
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The following is an essay from the “Our Brilliant Path to Victory” series, published in the November 21, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. In this essay, Ikeda Sensei reviews by decade the 80-year history of the Soka Gakkai under the leadership of the three founding presidents and looks ahead