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This was translated from the April 10, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. In April 20, the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai newspaper in Japan, will celebrate its 70th anniversary. Nichiren Daishonin writes, “A person of wisdom is not one who practices Buddhism apart from worldly affairs” (“The Kalpa of Decrease,”

This essay from the Treasures of the Four Seasons series first appeared in the Sept. 1, 2019, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly newspaper for the elementary school division. Summer vacation has flown by, and school has begun again [in Japan]. You might feel nervous or anxious returning to school

Ikeda Sensei composed the following poems in celebration of May 3, 2021—Soka Gakkai Day and Soka Gakkai Mother’s Day—a date that also marks the 70th anniversary of Josei Toda’s inauguration as second Soka Gakkai president and the 61st anniversary of Sensei’s inauguration as third president. The poems were first published in the May 3, 2021,

Shijo Kingo

Third Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the April 2021 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. In 1951, just ahead of his inauguration as second Soka Gakkai president, my mentor, Josei Toda, began preparing for the publication of the first issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s newspaper. He demonstrated

Shijo Kingo

The following was translated from the March 23, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, the Seikyo Shimbun. This year again, a wave of cherry blossoms has begun to make its northward journey from Okinawa, Hiroshima and other areas. A glorious springtime abloom with cherry blossoms has arrived. Nichiren Daishonin loved and celebrated cherry

This essay by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the Feb. 25, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, the Seikyo Shimbun. Allow me once again to express my sincere sympathy to those affected by the Feb. 13, 2021, earthquake, which caused considerable damage in Tohoku’s Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures and neighboring areas. The

The following is Ikeda Sensei’s preface to the new edition of The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, a three-volume collection of selected excerpts from his works, the first volume of which was published in book form in Japanese on November 18, 2020. Based on the collection of selected excerpts that was first serialized in

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the March 2021 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. As we enter the month of March, I’m reminded of the triumphant lion’s roar of my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda [on March 16, 1958]: “The Soka Gakkai is the king of the

2nd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting

The Ikegami Brothers

Ikeda Sensei sent the following message to the First Youth Division Leaders Meeting.

A Magnificent Palace of Happiness Exists Within The following is the 2021 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda in Korean. For the English version, please see the February 12, 2021 World Tribune, or visit the link here. 니치렌(日蓮) 대성인 탄신 800년이라는 크나큰 가절인 2월을 전 세계 창가가족

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the February 2021 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. We are the conductors of our own lives. We hold the baton, directing the flow of our precious life’s music through the days and years of our existence in this world. Nichiren

The following is the conclusion of an essay by Ikeda Sensei, which originally ran in the Jan. 19 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Part one appears in the Feb. 12 World Tribune. What is the greatest power in the world? An answer was offered by the American journalist and physician

Ikeda Sensei penned the following poem on Jan. 2, 2012, his 84th birthday. It originally appeared in the Feb. 3, 2012, World Tribune. Hope is life’s treasure. Those who always have hope are happy. One can have all the wealth, power and fame in the world, but if one loses hope, one will falter and

A Magnificent Palace of Happiness Exists Within The following is the 2021 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda in simplified Chinese. For the English version, please see the February 12, 2021 World Tribune, or visit the link here. 世界创价家族一起迎来日莲大圣人圣诞八百年盛大佳节的2月，让我致以贺词。 外子说过：“大圣人教示：‘为了报答悲母的大恩，我发愿要使一切女人唱念这部经的题目。’（御书文白并列本Ⅲ191页），所以最为赞赏和睦明朗地在艰苦的时代中，开辟世界妇女幸福和平之道的妇人部、女子部。仿佛也能听到牧口先生与户田先生的称许。” 去年以来，全人类遭遇意想不到的新冠疫情冲击。 我们每天都在为所有牺牲者默祷冥福，虔诚地祈愿疫情平息，以及全体宝友的无事安稳与健康长寿。 今年1月，外子接受日本著名出版社的邀约，为声援正值“第三人生”的人士所著作的《多宝抄》发行了文库本。 为新版发行撰写的文章里，他深切关注着在新冠疫情中病情恶化而风险较大的年长者，介绍了自他第一次访问美国以来，六十年来苦乐与共、令人怀念的草创期妇人部捎来洋溢“不屈精神”的书信内容。 信中提及，在这次全球疫情中和邻居守望相助，加深了往来；运用网络连线，与原本相见不易的友人或住在远方的会员组建关怀与学习的网络；因为年轻人征询她们意见的情形增加，变得比以前忙碌等。 外子自豪地说：“不论在世界哪个地方，我们的‘多宝挚友’们都作为无名而伟大、平凡而珍贵的‘宝树’而挺立。” 幸福的宫殿不在远方某处。 我们从女子部时代就学习《御义口传》的一节：“悟知自身的佛乘而进入自身的宫殿。唱南无妙法莲华经，就是进入自身佛界的宫殿。”（御书822页，白话）教导我们自身生命是妙法当体，心中有幸福的广阔宫殿。

2021 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda