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The day was April 26, 1980. My fifth visit to China was already more than half complete. We drove from the city of Guilin to a village called Yangdi and then walked for a while along a narrow path through a bamboo forest to a pier on the shore of the Li River. … In

For many students, one of the hardest parts of college might not be the workload, but the feeling that everyone else is doing better than you. Scrolling through social media can instantly make us feel like we are behind in life.  But measuring our worth or achievements based on others can be a source of

Ikeda Wisdom Academy members: • are group through national youth leaders and all student division members. • should have their own copy of The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 5. • are encouraged to read the assigned material before each meeting. July Syllabus: The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 5, pp. 147–74 Part

Please present the 3-Minute Gosho (pp. 46–47) at your discussion meetings. For the main study portion of the meeting, you can choose to expand on the 3-Minute Gosho or choose from one of the following: 1) What Do You Think? (pp. 48–49) 2) Material from any recent issue of the World Tribune or Living Buddhism.

This lecture can also be found in On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime: SGI President Ikeda’s Lecture Series, pp. 11–19. The practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo contains immeasurable benefit, for it enables us to summon forth in our own lives the limitless power of the Mystic Law, the fundamental law of the universe. Nichiren Daishonin actualized

Dear SGI-USA members,  This year we remember Ikeda Sensei’s final visit to the United States in 1996 as a chance for each of us to renew our vow to persevere in our efforts for kosen-rufu, side by side with him.  Let’s forge a deeper understanding together about July 3, the Day of Mentor and Disciple! 

‘When We Change, the World Changes’

Members across the country are striving to share their Buddhist practice with friends in their community. This month, we will hear from two junior high school division members who are leading the way in these efforts. ‘Because You’re My Friend’ Name: Halle Rose Markowitz // State: California Living Buddhism: Hi Halle! Thank you for speaking with

Supporting young people, I unearth my fears and face them head-on, to build a law career and a harmonious family. I am Krithi Byadgi of San Francisco.

This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an excerpt of his speech given at an SGI representatives conference in Miami, Florida, March 9, 1993. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, pp. 263–71.  Buddhism expounds the concept of

Gongyo—which includes reciting portions of the “Expedient Means” and “Life Span of the Thus Come One” chapters of the Lotus Sutra—is part of daily practice for Nichiren Buddhists. This series carries Ikeda Sensei’s explanations of gongyo. This section, part of the prose section of the “Life Span” chapter, is no longer recited during our morning

Ikeda Sensei presented to the SGI-USA youth five guidelines, which were introduced at the SGI-USA Youth Leaders Meeting, held on May 29, 2011, at the World Peace Ikeda Auditorium in Santa Monica, Calif. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the guidelines. 1) Be the youth of America who eternally inherit the Gakkai spirit of

The Renaissance was Europe’s youthful period. It embodied all the splendor and sadness of youth. And the center of this Renaissance was Florence—city of youth. … I visited Michelangelo Square in May 1994. It was the day after I had arrived in Italy, the country of light, from Germany, the land of Goethe, and had

Reconfirming the unique mission of the student division

Ikeda Wisdom Academy members: • are group through national youth leaders and all student division members. • should have their own copy of The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 5.• are encouraged to read the assigned material before each meeting. June Syllabus: The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 5, pp. 121–46 Part Five:

Please present the 3-Minute Gosho (pp. 50–51) at your discussion meetings. For the main study portion of the meeting, you can choose to expand on the 3-Minute Gosho or choose from one of the following: 1) What Do You Think? (pp. 52–53) 2) Material from any recent issue of the World Tribune or Living Buddhism.

This lecture was originally published in the September–October 2006  Living Buddhism. It can be found in On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime: SGI President Ikeda’s Lecture Series, pp. 2–10. If you wish to free yourself from the sufferings of birth and death you have endured since time without beginning and to attain without fail unsurpassed

An Interview With SUA President Ed Feasel

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s speech on June 13, 1996, at Teachers College, Columbia University. In the following excerpts, he outlines the qualities of global citizens and how humanistic education is the key to fostering such people. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition,

Thirty years later, a look back at the origins of the retreat center.