CategoryIkeda Sensei

This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an excerpt of his speech given at an SGI-USA representatives training session in Miami, March 11, 1993. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, pp. 272–77. A Satisfying and Invigorating Gongyo

It was my second trip to South Korea, in May 1998, after a period of eight years. White ridges topped the graceful blue-tiled roof—a portrait of gently arching lines. Here in South Korea, amid a beautiful natural setting, I felt I had encountered an indescribable gentleness. This building, visible from my hotel room window, is

The following is from a Q&A session with SGI-USA Culture Department representatives in Nagano, Japan, on Aug. 7, 1992. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 6, installment 4, pp. 206–08. Ikeda Sensei encourages an SGI-USA member who asked how to deal with his lack

In a speech delivered in Tokyo on April 3, 1993, at a representative gathering commemorating the April 2 anniversary of second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda’s passing, Ikeda Sensei shares President Toda’s guidance, emphasizing the importance of living true to oneself. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1,

The following is from a speech at a nationwide youth division leaders meeting in Tokyo, Japan, April 29, 1988. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 5, installment 4, pp. 173–76. Buddhism teaches the principle of cause and effect in our lives—that our present situation

The following is from a speech at a chapter leader’s meeting in Tokyo, Japan, July 27, 1989. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 5, installment 3, pp. 172–73. According to the Buddhist principle of changing poison into medicine, with strong faith, we can transform

The following is from Discussions on Youth. It can also be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 5, installment 2, pp. 170–71. As the principle that earthly desires lead to enlightenment indicates, Buddhism enables us to transform all our problems and difficulties into the energy to advance.

The following is from a speech at a representatives conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 2, 1992. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 4, installment 4, pp. 142–43. Our hearts will not shine unless we polish them. When we exert ourselves in faith and

The following is from Dialogue on Mothers and Children in the 21st Century, vol. 3, published in Japanese in June 2000. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 4, installment 3, pp. 140–41. Ikeda Sensei urges us to regard difficulties as opportunities for attaining happiness

This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an excerpt of his speech given at an SGI representatives conference in Miami, Florida, March 9, 1993. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, pp. 263–71.  Buddhism expounds the concept of

The day was April 26, 1980. My fifth visit to China was already more than half complete. We drove from the city of Guilin to a village called Yangdi and then walked for a while along a narrow path through a bamboo forest to a pier on the shore of the Li River. … In

The following is from a speech at a representative gathering in Tokyo on April 3, 1993. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 3, installment 2, pp. 58–62. In this selection, Ikeda Sensei explains the profound principle of tapping the power of the Gohonzon in

The following is from a speech at a Chubu region representatives conference in Aichi, Japan, on May 26, 1997. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 2, installment 3, pp. 33–34. Describing three characteristics of practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism, Ikeda Sensei calls on us to

The following is from a speech at a Wakayama Prefecture general meeting in Wakayama, Japan, on March 24, 1988. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 2, installment 4, pp. 35–36. Happiness is not determined by our circumstances but is something each of us creates

How fostering a core of capable individuals became the foundation for greatly expanding the youth.

The following is from a speech at a Rio de Janeiro general meeting in Brazil on Feb. 13, 1993. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 1, installment 2, pp. 5–9. How, in the face of the sufferings of birth, aging, sickness and death, can

Ikeda Sensei presented to the SGI-USA youth five guidelines, which were introduced at the SGI-USA Youth Leaders Meeting, held on May 29, 2011, at the World Peace Ikeda Auditorium in Santa Monica, Calif. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the guidelines. 1) Be the youth of America who eternally inherit the Gakkai spirit of

This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an excerpt of his speech given at an SGI representatives conference in Miami, Florida, February 5, 1993. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, pp. 258–62.  The day of a new

The Renaissance was Europe’s youthful period. It embodied all the splendor and sadness of youth. And the center of this Renaissance was Florence—city of youth. … I visited Michelangelo Square in May 1994. It was the day after I had arrived in Italy, the country of light, from Germany, the land of Goethe, and had

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