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This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an abridgement of his speech given at the Youth Division Training Session, held at Soka University Los Angeles in Calabasas, California, on February 19, 1990. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth

Ikeda Sensei composed poems throughout his life in diverse styles, expressing his thoughts, examining Buddhist concepts and encouraging readers across the world. In July 1981, he was named a poet laureate by the World Academy of Arts and Culture. This section of  Living Buddhism highlights select poems from Journey of Life: Selected Poems of Daisaku

The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was translated from the Sept. 23, 1998, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. A mighty tree is held upright by its roots. Those roots stretch into the earth, spreading out in a network, each single root searching deep and wide for water and nutrients to supply

A paean to the human spirit, sung by the people, echoed high into the clear blue sky. We have triumphed! We have achieved a firm and lasting victory! As in a gripping drama, we have fought and striven with a passionate fighting spirit, for the sake of the great principles of truth and justice, for

The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was translated from the Feb. 11, 2000, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. John F. Kennedy said, “A man does what he must—in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures—and that is the basis of all human morality.” Today, Feb. 11,

This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an abridgement of his speech given at the SGI Joint Training Session, held at Soka University Los Angeles in Calabasas, California, on February 18, 1990. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth

 The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was translated from the May 19, 2001, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. What is our aim? It is victory! This was the famous declaration made by the newly appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in his maiden speech 61 years ago in May 1940, as

Ikeda Sensei wrote the following essay on June 30, 2002, commemorating the 45th [now 67th] anniversary of the student division. It was translated from the July 2, 2002, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. A Japanese chief justice once famously said, “It is a shame to be ignorant.” How true this is!

The following is an exchange between Ikeda Sensei and Kansai Soka High School students that took place on February 28, 2000, at the Hyogo Culture Center in Kobe. Excerpted from Discussions on Youth, p. 421. President Ikeda, what is your dream? Ikeda Sensei: I’m so busy that I don’t have time to think about dreams!

The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was translated from the June 3, 1998, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Sincerity, earnestness, strictness, integrity—these are the words that come to mind whenever I see photographs of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, father of the Soka movement and first president of the Soka Gakkai. I always discern

This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an abridgement of his speech given at the 11th SGI General Meeting, held at the World Peace Ikeda Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, on February 17, 1990. It can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth

The following are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s essay originally published in the May 31, 2003, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. My dialogue with Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975), one of the 20th century’s great historians, began in the month of May and ended in the month of May. We spoke together for

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the song “Youth With a Noble Vow,” the World Tribune is reprinting the following essay by Ikeda Sensei originally published in the July 11, 2014, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Looking back, I was a young man of 28 when I led the Osaka Campaign of

The following essay was translated from the May 2, 2004, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. May 3— my fellow members in faithhave won! Brilliant May 3! Anniversary of indomitable triumph! Anniversary of fresh departure toward hope-filled frontiers!  Glorious May 3! How inspiring the sight of great bodhisattvas striving with energy and advancing

This section of  Living Buddhism features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an abridgement of his speech given at the Second SGI Pan-American Joint Conference, held at Soka University Los Angeles, Calabasas, California, on February 15, 1990. It can be found in My Dear Friends in America,

The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the May 23, 2000, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. I have written in the past about my daily morning classes at “Toda University,” during which my mentor, Josei Toda, instructed me on a wide variety of subjects. Many other people also

The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the Oct. 19, 2001, issueof the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. The progress of our soul is like a perfect poem. It has an infinite idea which once realized makes all movements full of meaning and joy.” These are the words of the renowned

The following are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s essay originally published in the April 2, 2000, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. When I think about it, Josei Toda’s every word and action was a final injunction designed to instruct and guide us, his disciples, so that we could carry on the work

This section of  Living Buddhism features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an abridgement of his speech given at the First SGI-USA Youth Division Training Session, held at Soka University Los Angeles, Calabasas, California, on February 14, 1990. It can be found in My Dear Friends in