CategoryGuidance for Leadership

The following words were shared at the Sept. 17 Central Executive Committee and Executive Council Conference.  by Yoshiki Tanigawa SGI Vice President Congratulations on holding the SGI-USA Executive Council meeting. Thank you also to the members of the Central Executive Committee for your participation. At today’s executive council meeting, the renewal of the terms for

At leaders meetings held in Chicago, Dallas and Santa Monica, California, SGI Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa emphasizes the importance of basing our actions on Nichiren Daishonin’s writings.

Congratulations to all of you today on the Ninth Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held in commemoration of Soka Gakkai Day and Soka Gakkai Mother’s Day! … Fifty years ago in May, Ikeda Sensei began engaging in dialogue with the eminent British historian Arnold J. Toynbee. While half a century has passed since then, their foresight shines

These are excerpts of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s address, made during the Eighth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial, held on March 6, 2022, in conjunction with the Second Youth Division Leaders Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The text originally appeared in the March 7, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo

These text contains excerpts from Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech given at the Seventh Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial, held on Feb. 6, 2022, at the Hyogo Ikeda Culture Center in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The text appeared in the Feb. 13, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo

This is an excerpt from Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech during the Sixth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial, held on Jan. 8, 2022, in Tokyo. The text appeared in the Jan. 15, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. My warmest congratulations to you all on the Sixth

These are excerpts from Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s encouragement at a Jan. 7, 2022, Soka Gakkai prefectures leaders meeting. The full summary of his encouragement was published in the Jan. 8, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. The Year of Youth and Dynamic Progress has finally begun. To celebrate Ikeda

Soka Gakkai Senior Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa shared the following words at the Sept. 25 Central Executive Committee virtual conference. Many congratulations on holding this Central Executive Conference and Executive Council Meeting, with Ikeda Sensei warmly watching over you! Sensei has described these next 10 years toward the 100th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai’s founding

This is an excerpt of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech on July 7, 2021, during the 4th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial and the Youth Division 70th Anniversary General Meeting, held conjointly at the Toda Memorial Auditorium in Sugamo, Tokyo. The text appeared in the July 14, 2021, issue of the

Many members, including our men’s division members, both in Japan and worldwide, are facing what is surely a most difficult time. It is at such a time that our friends in northeastern Japan inspire hope in us through their victorious proof of faith. On March 16, 2011, Ikeda Sensei sent this message to them following

President Harada’s speech recounting Sensei’s encouragement to members in the Tohoku region following the 1972 flooding in Akita.

The year 2021 will be decisive in creating the momentum for victory in the next decade.

Representative women’s leaders from throughout the country on Aug. 1 attended the SGI-USA Region–National Women’s Leaders Encouragement Meeting, held via webinar with SGI Women’s Leader Yumiko Kasanuki and SGI Vice Women’s Leader Kayo Maeta, both of whom joined from Japan. SGI-USA Women’s Leader Naoko Leslie said the meeting was a way to “refresh and solidify

The following is excerpted from Soka Gakkai Senior Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa’s speech at an SGI-USA staff meeting on March 20. Filled With Courage and Conviction The times when we face intense suffering, difficulties and challenges are precisely when we must strengthen and deepen our prayers, and single-mindedly chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to see things through. This

SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 7—Olivia Saito encountered a young woman recently who had attended a few SGI meetings several years ago but then lost interest in the practice. All the while, the person who had introduced her to the SGI had been chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo for this young woman’s happiness. Tragically, this young woman lost her

The following is an excerpt from Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech at the 45th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held on Jan. 11 in Tokyo. The original text appeared in the Jan. 17 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. My heartfelt congratulations on the holding of this meeting! To celebrate

SGI Women’s Leader Yumiko Kasanuki on the mission of leaders to foster capable people.

The following is adapted and excerpted from Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech on Oct. 6 during the 43rd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held at the Soka Gakkai Okinawa Training Center in Onna-son, Okinawa. The text appeared in the Oct. 12 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Congratulations on holding

At a kickoff toward Oct. 2, 2020, representative leaders study SGI President Ikeda’s actions during the February 1952 Kamata Campaign as a model for achieving indisputable victory during the 60th-anniversary year of the kosen-rufu movement in the U.S. SANTA MONICA, Calif.—In an electrifying kickoff themed “Toward 2020—Celebrating 60 Years With Sensei,” West Territory gathered 1,000

The following is an excerpt of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech on Aug. 31 during the 42nd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting of the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, held in Yokohama, Japan. The text appeared in the Sept. 6 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Congratulations on holding this