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Escribamos una historia inigualable que perdure por toda la eternidad
Mensaje de la señora Kaneko Ikeda para la División Juvenil Femenina y la División Femenina (Febrero de 2023)
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Mensaje de la señora Kaneko Ikeda para la División Juvenil Femenina y la División Femenina (Febrero de 2023)
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夫人书面致词
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夫人書面致詞
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2023 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda (Japanese)
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12th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting
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2023 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda
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At the time when his businesses were in dire straits, my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, and I read “On the Buddha’s Prophecy” together. Amid the life-threatening challenges of exile on Sado Island, Nichiren Daishonin proclaimed in that letter his vision of the westward transmission of Buddhism and worldwide kosen-rufu. Mr. Toda vowed
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Ascending a New Summit of Kosen-rufu Together
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Part 2 of 2. The following was written by Ikeda Sensei as part of his series “The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin and the Mentor-Disciple Relationship,” originally published in the Aug. 28, 2009, World Tribune. Part one appears in the Nov. 11, 2022, World Tribune, pp. 2–3.
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Congratulations on the start of the Year of Youth and Triumph! Together with our fellow members around the world, we set forth brimming with a fresh, vibrant spirit, the brilliant sun of time without beginning shining in our hearts. At a time when humanity faces unprecedented challenges, you, my dear friends, are illuminating people’s hearts
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Over the past year, all of you, our dedicated members everywhere—not least the uncrowned heroes who deliver the Seikyo Shimbun each day—have advanced steadily in your tireless efforts for the sake of Buddhism, the happiness of others and the welfare of your communities, societies and the world. If we were to calculate the total distance
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Ascending a New Summit of Kosen-rufu Together
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The following excerpts are from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the 13th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting held at the Tokyo Makiguchi Memorial Hall in Tokyo, on July 9, 1997. Video footage of the speech was broadcast during the 11th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial held on Nov. 12, 2022. This was translated
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11th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting
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Nichiren Daishonin writes, “The wish-granting jewel …, though only a single jewel, can shower all kinds of treasures upon the wisher” (“The Recitation of the ‘Expedient Means’ and ‘Life Span’ Chapters,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 69). Just like the wish-granting jewel, each of our Soka Gakkai districts—the front line in our
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The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the Oct. 26, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Our movement for kosen-rufu is about building a culture of peace. As part of that endeavor, we hold a wide range of exhibitions around the world. Twenty years have passed since the
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The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin and the Mentor-Disciple Relationship
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Message to the Nationwide Young Men’s Leaders Meeting
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Eight hundred years have passed since the birth of Nichiren Daishonin, who described himself as “the son of a commoner” and “the son of commoner parents.” The time has come for Nichiren Daishonin’s sunlike Buddhism of the people to dispel the darkness of chaos and brightly illuminate the global family of humankind with the great
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The following is an essay from Ikeda Sensei, originally published in the Sept. 29, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. I recall an evening not long after the Seikyo Shimbun had been founded, when I was busily preparing for Josei Toda’s upcoming inauguration as second Soka Gakkai president. A number of