CategoryEditorial

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was translated from the September 2025 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. Both happiness and peace begin in the home, radiating outward from there into our communities and beyond. Ultimately, both spring forth from our hearts. It is the Soka Gakkai’s noble women

Soka Gakkai president issues statement marking 80 years since the end of World War II.

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was translated from the August 2025 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. Nothing is more precious than peace. Nothing brings more happiness.” These enduring words— Ikeda Sensei’s timeless appeal for eternal peace—constitute the opening lines of his novel The New Human Revolution. What

A day imbued with the spirit of mentor and disciple.

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was translated from the May 2025 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. One of the most defining hallmarks of Ikeda Sensei’s greatness is that, even as he served as a mentor to countless others, he continued to live his life wholeheartedly as a

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was translated from the March 2025 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge.  Nichiren Daishonin declared: “Myo means to revive, that is, to return to life” (“The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 149).  The resilient members

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was translated from the February 2025 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. The frontline of worldwide kosen-rufu is the discussion meeting. This month, youth-focused discussion meetings are being held across Japan. Let’s take this opportunity to joyfully celebrate the 125th anniversary of the

Three keys to winning over any obstacle based first and foremost on prayer.

SGI-USA training course participants attended a gongyo meeting with Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada at the Soka Gakkai Headquarters in Tokyo, on Jan. 22, 2025. SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa and SGI Women’s Leader Yumiko Kasanuki were also in attendance. President Harada’s excerpted address follows. First, I would like to express my deepest condolences to

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was translated from the January 2025 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge.  Soar!”—what a powerful word, brimming with hope! Like a sleek jet plane, our Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide has boldly taken off into the skies of the new year. As long as

Congratulations on the start of the Year of Soaring Higher Toward a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide as we unite with fellow members in 192 countries and territories in praying and making fresh strides for the peace and happiness of the global human family. This year marks the 95th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai’s founding, the

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was translated from the December 2024 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and respect to all my noble fellow members for your dedicated efforts throughout this year. It has been a year of striving, with

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was translated from the November 2024 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge.  Through their selfless struggles to spread the Mystic Law, the Soka Gakkai’s three founding presidents paved the way forward, demonstrating that obstacles are a springboard to enlightenment. As Nichiren Daishonin writes,

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was published in the October 2024 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. Ikeda Sensei embarked on the first of his overseas travels for kosen-rufu on Oct. 2, 1960. About a month earlier, he had visited the hometown of his mentor, second Soka Gakkai

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was published in the September 2024 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. Today’s Soka Gakkai was founded on two pillars. The first is the selfless dedication of the first three presidents to propagate Nichiren Buddhism, and the second is the philosophy of profound

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was published in the July 2024 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. On this day of releaseand of imprisonmentare to be found the bondsof mentor and disciple. Ikeda Sensei penned this poem in tribute to the solemn history of mentor and disciple that

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was published in the June 2024 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. Nurturing our future division members is a most sacred endeavor that will shape the next generation. This month marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the high school division, on

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was published in the May 2024 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. May 3 is both Soka Gakkai Day and Soka Gakkai Mothers Day honoring all the women of Soka, who are worthy of the utmost praise. On May 3, 1972, during a

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was published in the April 2024 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. Seventy years ago, in the month of April, standing at the site of Aoba Castle in Sendai, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda declared: “The Soka Gakkai must build its castle

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was published in the March 2024 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. On March 1, 1954, the young Daisaku Ikeda wrote in his diary: “Spring has arrived at long last. The gentle breezes, the budding greenery, the mist—all seem to be drawing in