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Ikeda Sensei’s message to the opening of the SGI Guam Ikeda Peace and Culture Center

This essay by Ikeda Sensei was published in the Jan. 26, 2023, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun.  My mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, placed deep trust in our pioneering members of Tohoku, centering around Sendai Chapter. He regarded them as a model for the entire country and did everything

Read the English version here. 있다. 세 번째는 위고의 ‘징벌시집(詩集)’의 초판본(1853년)과 서한이 있으며, 시집에는 위고 자필의 헌사(獻辭)와 사인이 기록되어 있다. 또한, 토인비 박사가 덜레스 국무장관에게 부친 파키스탄의 평화를 호소한 서한, 독일의 대음악가 바그너가 ‘탄호이저(1845년)’의 연극에 대해 기록한 서한, 그리고 미국 독립의 영웅인 존 핸콕의 사인이 든 공문서, 그리고 유명한 바르톨로메오 반젯티의 서한이 있다. 특히 반젯티의 것은

El presidente de la SGI dio la siguiente orientación el 27 de febrero de 1990 durante la Primera Reunión de la División Femenina en los predios de la ex Universidad Soka de Los Ángeles en Calabasas, California. El 27 de febrero es justamente el cumpleaños de la Sra. Kaneko Ikeda. Read the English version here.

2023 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda (Korean)

2023 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda in Spanish.

2023 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda (Japanese)

12th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting

2023 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda

Originally published in the January 2023 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. At the time when his businesses were in dire straits, my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, and I read “On the Buddha’s Prophecy” together. Amid the life-threatening challenges of exile on Sado Island, Nichiren Daishonin proclaimed in that letter his

Ikeda Sensei gave the following address on February 27, 1990, at the First SGI-USA Women’s Division Meeting, held at the former Soka University Los Angeles campus in Calabasas, California. In the speech, Sensei presented timeless principles for upholding correct faith in Nichiren Buddhism, becoming absolutely happy and developing a healthy and happy SGI community. This

This essay by Ikeda Sensei was published in the Jan. 4, 2023, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun.  The New Year’s Hakone Ekiden men’s relay marathon [on Jan. 2–3] inspired and thrilled people throughout Japan. I would like to wholeheartedly applaud the solid performance and unity of the members of the Soka

The following was written by Ikeda Sensei as part of his series “The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin and the Mentor-Disciple Relationship,” originally published in the Aug. 28, 2009, World Tribune. Part one appears in the Nov. 11, 2022, World Tribune, pp. 2–3. “Bound as we common mortals are by earthly desires, we can instantly attain

The following poems were published in the Jan. 1, 2023, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. We, as mentor and disciple,are unwavering champions“of heaven, earth, and humanity.” Let us illuminate the world with the brilliantmorning sun of time without beginning. • • • The seeds of happiness and enlightenmentsprout through life-to-life connections.May

Ikeda Sensei’s 2023 New Year’s Message

Originally published in the December 2022 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Over the past year, all of you, our dedicated members everywhere—not least the uncrowned heroes who deliver the Seikyo Shimbun each day—have advanced steadily in your tireless efforts for the sake of Buddhism, the happiness of others and the welfare of your

This essay by Ikeda Sensei was published in the Nov. 5, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun.  November, the month we celebrate the glorious anniversary of our founding, is here once again! Today, Nov. 5, is Young Men’s Division Day. It commemorates the day in 1961, when we held a gathering

The following is SGI President Ikeda’s monthly encouragement published in the October edition of The Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s study journal. In this existence,joyfully walkthe unsurpassed way that isfragrant with beautiful flowers of humanity,together with smiling friends. We develop our characters and grow as individuals through our interactions with others. The Italian thinker Giuseppe Mazzini

The following excerpts are from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the 13th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting held at the Tokyo Makiguchi Memorial Hall in Tokyo, on July 9, 1997. Video footage of the speech was broadcast during the 11th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial held on Nov. 12, 2022. This was translated from

The following text is Ikeda Sensei’s Foreword to The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, the first volume of the Soka Gakkai’s official English translation of Nichiren’s collected works. The publication in a single volume of the translations of 172 writings of Nichiren Daishonin, including his five major works, is indeed wonderful news, not only