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Toward a Hope-filled Future With the Daishonin’s Writings

Toward a Hope-filled Future With the Daishonin’s Writings

The following are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the 75th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, which was held at the Soka International Friendship Hall in Tokyo, on March 5, 1994. Video footage of the speech was broadcast during the 15th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial on Sept. 2, 2023. These excerpts

Koutammakou is home to the Batammariba people of northeastern Togo. This living cultural landscape is characterized by takienta—tower-shaped houses built out of mud and straw. The site’s outstanding architecture and its integration of the forests, sacred rocks, springs and other elements of the environment in its construction express the close relationship that the Batammariba have

The World Tribune interviewed Orlando Cepeda about his nearly two-decade major league baseball career and how his Buddhist practice enabled him to become a spirtual champion. At 17, Mr. Cepeda moved to the U.S. from Ponce, Puerto Rico, to play baseball and, in 1958, was called to be in the majors. In his first season

This series highlights how Buddhism can enhance daily living. As Nichiren Daishonin says: “When the skies are clear, the ground is illuminated. Similarly, when one knows the Lotus Sutra, one understands the meaning of all worldly affairs.” One Piece, a new live-action Netflix series, is based on a Japanese comic and anime of the same

The July 14–Sept. 15 issues of the World Tribune highlighted the first 450 SGI-USA districts to welcome new youth in 2023. Here are the next 50. Central Territory South Central Zone Riverbend District Germantown District Southwest Zone Santan District Scottsdale Central District Tempe ASU District Flagstaff Glory District Phoenix District South Mountain Park District Texas-Oklahoma

Reaffirming the spirit of Soka Gakkai performing groups as the Ikeda Youth Ensemble reemerges toward March 2024.

An encounter with my mentor awakens me to my mission to teach in New York.

by Mitch BogenSpecial to the Tribune  Inspired by Daisaku Ikeda’s lifelong commitment to literature as a core aspect of his peacebuilding ethos, the Ikeda Center celebrated its 30th anniversary with a dialogue event devoted to that very topic. Held on Sept. 16, the 19th Annual Ikeda Forum for Intercultural Dialogue featured eight scholar-panelists sharing their

Grief is something we all experience at some point in life.This episode is based on two podcast listener’s questions:  1) I’ve recently had a few folks die, and I am trying to give myself space to have this new emotional experience but also be strong, move forward, help others and be happy. What should I

10/2 World Peace Day  In 1960, Ikeda Sensei departed for his first overseas trip to spread Nichiren Buddhism globally on behalf of his mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda. This day later became recognized as World Peace Day. (See The New Human Revolution, vol. 1, “Sunrise” chapter; and NHR-24, “Ode to Mothers” chapter) 10/5

Toward a Hope-filled Future With the Daishonin’s Writings

Toward a Hope-filled Future With the Daishonin’s Writings

The following essay from Ikeda Sensei’s series “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution” was translated from the Jan. 6, 1998, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi passed away in 1944. In a letter written to his family from his freezing prison cell in January of that

Tenochtitlàn, the capital of the Aztec Empire, was founded on an island in Lake Texcoco around the year 1325. The location was chosen when the ancient people found an eagle eating a snake atop a cactus, a scene believed to be a sign from the god Huitzilopochtli. It became the center of the most powerful

This series highlights how Buddhism can enhance daily living. As Nichiren Daishonin says: “When the skies are clear, the ground is illuminated. Similarly, when one knows the Lotus Sutra, one understands the meaning of all worldly affairs.” What is the key to leading strong, free and happy lives? Developing resilience, self-reliance and hope. “We should

At the Central Executive Committee Conference, representative leaders discuss a powerful new vision toward 2030 that accelerates the pace of introducing and fostering capable youth who can lead the future.

Toward the youth gatherings celebrating Ikeda Sensei’s 100th birthday, the national youth leaders declare, “We the youth will open the path forward in the next five years.”

Trying for fatherhood and the Pennsylvania bar, a lesson is seared into the depths of my life.