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A strong inner self is the key to happiness.

Meet Anna Wrede, of Seattle, an artist who uses her Buddhist practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to never give up on her dreams. She transforms the loneliness she experienced growing up into a sense of purpose to create genuine connection through her art.  

The second book of The Brilliant Path of Worldwide Kosen-rufu: Study Guide for The New Human Revolution, which focuses on volumes 11–20 of Ikeda Sensei’s novel, is coming soon. Purchase a copy at your local SGI-USA bookstore. Print and e-book versions will also be available at bookstore.sgi-usa.org/.

During the last weekend of March, the youth division will hold general meetings across SGI-USA themed “Redefining Joy Amid the Times.” The meetings will celebrate March 16, Kosen-rufu Day, the day second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda entrusted the youth division with the future of kosen-rufu in March 1958 (see p. 8). “The March youth general

Ikeda Sensei sent the following message to the Seventh Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial on Feb. 6, 2022, held in conjunction with the Hyogo General Meeting, at the Hyogo Ikeda Culture Center in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, in the Kansai region. Soka Gakkai members throughout Hyogo Prefecture also attended the meeting remotely at

Toward a World of Dignity for All: The Triumph of the Creative Life Our contemporary society is becoming increasingly fragmented as traditional family and community bonds break down. This is closely linked to a failure of communication, a breakdown of language as words become devalued and degraded.  Few have analyzed the vulnerability of language to

Toward a World of Dignity for All: The Triumph of the Creative Life by Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2011 At the start of the second decade of the twenty-first century, I would like to share some thoughts on the issues facing contemporary society and the most effective means of achieving a more peaceful

Toward a New Era of Value Creation We are living in an era marked by an absence of values, in which no measure of worth other than the monetary is recognized. Discussions of poverty and income disparity, for example, are cast solely in terms of monetary values, making them needlessly sterile and soulless.  Growing income

Toward a New Era of Value Creation by Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2010 On the occasion of the eightieth anniversary of the Soka Gakkai and the thirty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to share some thoughts on the most effective means of achieving a more

Toward Humanitarian Competition: A New Current in History The impact of the “once-in-a-century” financial meltdown has now spread to engulf the whole world. There are growing signs that the current financial turmoil is undermining the real economy, bringing about a global recession and driving up unemployment. The main cause of the crisis can be traced

Toward Humanitarian Competition: A New Current in History by Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2009 The impact of the “once-in-a-century” financial meltdown, which started with defaults in the subprime mortgage market in the United States and the bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, has now spread to engulf the whole world. The crisis

Humanizing Religion, Creating Peace The optimism that greeted the end of the Cold War and the prospect of the creation of a new world order quickly dissolved, to be replaced by an overriding impression of global disorder. While initiatives continue in the quest for new and more inclusive ways of ordering global affairs, these must

Humanizing Religion, Creating Peace by Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2008 On the occasion of the thirty-third anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to share some thoughts and proposals in the effort to contribute to the realization of a lasting peace in the world. Already some twenty

Restoring the Human Connection: The First Step to Global Peace The year 2007 marks fifty years since the second president of the Soka Gakkai, Josei Toda, made an historic declaration condemning nuclear weapons as “an absolute evil’ and calling for their prohibition, stating he wished to rip out the claws that are hidden in their

Restoring the Human Connection: The First Step to Global Peace by Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2007 On the occasion of the thirty-second anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to offer thoughts and proposals regarding some of the issues humanity faces at this juncture in our history.

A New Era of the People: Forging a Global Network of Robust Individuals The year 2005 was marked by a series of devastating natural disasters, continuing terror attacks and conflict, and the threat of virulent new diseases. These issues affect every one of us, with no respect for political or geographical borders; they are an

A New Era of the People: Forging a Global Network of Robust Individuals by Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2006 On the occasion of the anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to present some ideas that can contribute to humanity’s shared quest for a global society of

Toward a New Era of Dialogue: Humanism Explored There has been an extraordinary heightening of tensions around the world since September 11, 2001. In many countries the priority accorded to national security has been used to justify curtailment of rights and freedoms, while energy and attention have been distracted from efforts to address such global

Toward a New Era of Dialogue: Humanism Explored by Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2005 Commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to take this opportunity to offer some philosophical perspectives and concrete proposals to further the search for world peace and the creative coexistence

Inner Transformation: Creating a Global Groundswell for Peace In recent years, international society has been convulsed by new threats and divisive debate over how best to respond to them. We cannot turn a blind eye; at the same time, however, it is clear that an exclusive reliance on military force will not bring about a