CategoryGuidance for Leadership

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

The following is an excerpt of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech on May 3, 2019, during the 41st Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held at the Tokyo Toda Memorial Auditorium. The text appeared in the May 10, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Congratulations on holding this 41st Headquarters

The following is an excerpt of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech on Jan. 12, 2019, during the 40th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held at the Tokyo Toda Memorial Auditorium. The text appeared in the Jan. 18 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Congratulations on holding this 40th Headquarters Leaders