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Ikeda Sensei's Guidance

Ikeda Sensei's Guidance

Ikeda Sensei’s Guidance

Ikeda Sensei's Guidance

By Daisaku Ikeda April 2, the anniversary of my mentor Josei Toda’s passing, has arrived again, graced by beautiful cherry blossoms, which he loved so dearly. This is a day imbued with the vow of mentor and disciple. Since mentors and disciples are united eternally, transcending birth and death, it is an occasion for us

By Daisaku Ikeda [March 3 is Doll Festival, or Girls Day in Japan, and is one of its five seasonal festivals. ] In reply to a disciple asking about the significance of the five seasonal festivals, Nichiren Daishonin writes that they are “festivals corresponding to the order of the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo,” and that

By Daisaku Ikeda Soka University’s track and field team put in an inspiring performance at this year’s annual Hakone Ekiden men’s relay marathon (on January 2–3). As the university’s founder, I am delighted by their achievement. [Soka University finished in the top 10 for the first time ever to secure automatic qualification for next year’s

By Daisaku Ikeda We are all linked together by the Mystic Law, the ultimate Law of the universe. Nichiren Daishonin writes: “There is no place among the worlds of the ten directions that the sound of our voices chanting daimoku [Nam-myoho-renge-kyo] cannot reach” (Gosho zenshu, p. 808).1 I am chanting each day with the powerful

by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda Nichiren Daishonin states: “All my disciples and followers should read and listen to this letter. Those who are serious in their resolve should discuss it with one another” (“The Votary of the Lotus Sutra,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 449). Soka Gakkai meetings are gatherings where people

by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the founding Soka Gakkai president, declared that Soka mentors and disciples are practitioners of the Lotus Sutra, not believers. The fact that the three obstacles and four devils arise, he said, is proof that we are correctly carrying out bodhisattva practice to help others become happy. Nichiren Daishonin

by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda It is now the rainy season in Japan. I am endlessly grateful for all the hard work of our “uncrowned heroes,” the deliverers of the Seikyo Shimbun [the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper]. My wife, Kaneko, and I are praying earnestly each day that all of our dear fellow members will

by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda I would like to express my sincere sympathies to all those affected by the recent unprecedented rains in Kagoshima, Miyazaki, Kumamoto and other parts of Kyushu [the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands]. Through faith in the Mystic Law, we can “lessen karmic retribution” and “change poison into medicine.” On

by Daisaku Ikeda I would like to express my sincere sympathies to all those affected by the recent unprecedented rains in Kagoshima, Miyazaki, Kumamoto, and other parts of Kyushu [the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands]. Through faith in the Mystic Law, we can “lessen karmic retribution” and “change poison into medicine.” On July 3,

by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda June 6 is the birthday of first Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi. This year marks the 148th anniversary of his birth. The Soka Gakkai’s greatest pride and honor is having this selfless champion and martyr for peace as our mentor and carrying on his commitment for truth and justice. June

by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda The earnest wish of my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, was to eliminate all misery and suffering from the face of the earth. This month, as members throughout Japan and the world carry on his spirit and strive courageously for kosen-rufu, we celebrate the anniversary of Mr. Toda’s

by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda I am delighted to have celebrated another glorious May 3, Soka Gakkai Day, together with my beloved fellow members everywhere, and once more make a fresh departure with you in this new era. I received many congratulatory messages from people in various fields throughout Japan, as well as awards and

Women whose hearts shine like the sun can brightly illuminate their families, communities and society. While striving valiantly amid the Atsuhara Persecution, Nanjo Tokimitsu and his family were beset by a series of harsh trials, including economic hardship and the sudden death of loved ones. But despite this, Tokimitsu’s mother, the lay nun Ueno, remained