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Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

These are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the 88th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, which was held at the Chubu Culture Center in Nagoya, on May 17, 1995. Video footage of the speech was broadcast during the most recent Soka Gakkai headquarters leaders meeting, on April 16, 2022. This was translated from the April

May 3, Soka Gakkai Day, is considered New Year’s Day in the SGI, a time when members stand up with fresh resolve to strive for peace and the happiness of all people. The cover photos of the sunrise across the U.S. leading up to May 3 signify a new dawn for everyone.

by Erica Kondo Assistant Chief Financial Officer On behalf of the SGI-USA, I would like to sincerely thank you for your heartfelt financial offerings to support the organization. Because of your unwavering support, we have continued expanding our kosen-rufu movement in America, as well as in the Caribbean and Guam, amid the global pandemic.  In

Answer: Find one thing you can appreciate, take action to express appreciation for it, and repeat this each day. Every effort will help expand and enrich your heart.

The power of relentless Buddhist practice amid difficulties.

Saving day by day for May Contribution, my husband and I embark on the business venture of our lives.

The World Tribune this month is launching its revamped website, worldtribune.org, plus a new mobile app that enables subscribers to read and listen to their SGI-USA publications on the go. Some of the exciting new changes: Website: The new site includes sections for the weekly newspaper World Tribune and monthly study magazine Living Buddhism as

Ikeda Sensei’s wide-ranging discussions with British historian Arnold J. Toynbee, published in book form as Choose Life, paved the way for his dialogues with other leading thinkers around the world. To watch a video on their encounters, visit daisakuikeda.org.

The Ikeda Center’s recent release, Hope and Joy in Education: Engaging Daisaku Ikeda Across Curriculum and Context, was awarded the 2022 Outstanding Book Award by the Society of Professors of Education. Founded in 1902, the Society of Professors of Education is one of the oldest and most respected academic associations in the country, with its

Ikeda Sensei sent this message to the Ninth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial—commemorating May 3, Soka Gakkai Day and Soka Gakkai Mother’s Day—at the Toda Memorial Auditorium in Sugamo, Tokyo, on April 16, 2022. This message was originally published in the April 17, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo

Haleakalā (House of the Sun), also known as the East Maui volcano, is a central feature of Haleakalā National Park. One of the world’s largest dormant volcanic craters lies atop Haleakalā’s 10,023-foot-summit. The juxtaposition of volcanic landscapes and subtropical rainforest makes for an unforgettable experience. The national park is also home to some endangered species

The Gateway Arch, nestled on the west bank of the Mississippi River in St. Louis, is named for the city’s role as the “Gateway to the West” during the U.S. westwardexpansion and celebrates the pioneers who helped shape the city’s history. The Gateway Arch National Park includes the Old Courthouse, where Dred Scott first sued

Located in Page, Arizona, within the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation, Antelope Canyon consists of two sections. The upper canyon—elevated at about 4,000 feet with sandstone walls reaching 120 feet above the streambed—is referred to by the Navajo as Tse’bighanilini, which means “the place where water runs through rocks.” The lower canyon (pictured) is

Rocky Mountain National Park commands stunning views of its 415 square miles of land and mountain crests towering over 12,000 feet. It is also one of the highest national parks in the country, with elevations from 7,860 to 14,259 feet. The Continental Divide, a portion of which is reflected in Bierstadt Lake (pictured), runs approximately

Described as a “red-rock wonderland,” Arches National Park—located in southeast Utah, five miles north of Moab—is home to striking landscapes 65 million years in the making. This includes over 2,000 natural sandstone arches and massive balanced rocks.   The park’s crown jewel is Delicate Arch (see image), a 52-foot-tall freestanding arch widely celebrated as the

New River Gorge National Park and Preserve spans over 70,000 acres in West Virginia, protecting one of the oldest rivers in the Americas. The gorge can be traced back 500 million years to water draining from the slopes of the newly formed Appalachian Mountains. Because the river is so old, unique plant and animal species,

In the middle of the Tularosa Basin sits the world’s largest gypsum sand dune field, covering over 275 square miles of desert in New Mexico. Gypsum, a soft mineral left behind when water evaporates, rarely appears as sand. However, about 12,000 years ago, as the climate warmed, rain and snowmelt washed gypsum from the surrounding

If a spark as small as a bean is set to a single blade of grass in a spring field of a thousand square ri thick with grass, it becomes in an instant an immeasurable, boundless blaze. Such is also the case with this robe. Though only one robe, it has been offered to the