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The Soka Gakkai’s theme for 2024 has been announced: the Year of Fresh Departure for a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide.In the Oct. 12, 2023, edition of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun, Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada explained that following our celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Hall of the Great Vow for

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

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

This essay by Ikeda Sensei was published in the Sept. 8, 2023, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. My mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, issued his Declaration for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons on Sept. 8, 1957. It was a lion’s roar directly challenging the demonic forces threatening human-ity’s very

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.” Did you know that simply walking with someone can strengthen your relationship with them?  Research shows that “social

How Sustaining Contribution builds the foundation for our happiness.

For almost 25 centuries, the Acropolis of Athens has survived wars, earthquakes and fires, adapting to different uses and civilizations. Original fortifications on the hilltop site date back to the 13th century BCE. The Acropolis—which stands as the most complete monument of Greek antiquity—was built in the 5th century BCE alongside other great architectural achievements,

“Never, from ancient times on, has anyone seen or heard of winter turning back to autumn. Nor have we ever heard of a believer in the Lotus Sutra who turned into an ordinary person.” A young man named David Martinez recited this passage from Nichiren Daishonin into a microphone at an early Sunday Soka 2030

Making Offerings Sows Seeds in a Field of Fortune  The following excerpts are from Ikeda Sensei’s novel  The New Human Revolution, vol. 4, pp. 116–118. Sensei appears in the novel as Shin’ichi Yamamoto.   In a letter addressed to Lord Matsuno, Nichiren Daishonin describes how a child named Virtue Victorious was reborn as King Ashoka

Practicing for self and others, I transform my family from the inside out.

For two weeks in October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the world teetered on the edge of nuclear war as the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a direct and dangerous confrontation involving nuclear missile deployments. Amid the Cuban Missile Crisis, as it came to be known, Ikeda Sensei, appearing in

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.