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The following address was given by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada at the opening of the SGI Guam Peace and Culture Center in Tamuning, Guam, on Jan. 21, 2023.

Next year, 2023, will mark the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu. Upon its completion, Ikeda Sensei penned the following poem:  Mentor and disciples have created this triumphant citadel of the great vow. (Dec. 6, 2013, World Tribune, p. 5) Keeping this milestone in mind, the Soka

The following words were shared at the Sept. 17 Central Executive Committee and Executive Council Conference.  by Yoshiki Tanigawa SGI Vice President Congratulations on holding the SGI-USA Executive Council meeting. Thank you also to the members of the Central Executive Committee for your participation. At today’s executive council meeting, the renewal of the terms for

Congratulations to all of you today on the Ninth Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held in commemoration of Soka Gakkai Day and Soka Gakkai Mother’s Day! … Fifty years ago in May, Ikeda Sensei began engaging in dialogue with the eminent British historian Arnold J. Toynbee. While half a century has passed since then, their foresight shines

The new English-language website “SGI—Action for Peace” will be launched on May 10 to share the activities of the SGI as an NGO affiliated with the United Nations. This website sgi-peace.org will both replace the current site for the SGI Office for U.N. Affairs and include information about activities by constituent organizations around the world

My heartfelt congratulations to you on the Eighth Headquarters Leaders Meeting and the Second Youth Division Leaders Meeting!  I want to begin by expressing my profound distress over the heartrending tragedy in Ukraine, a crisis in which warfare continues to threaten the lives, dignity and livelihood of the people there. As Buddhists upholding our belief

My heartfelt congratulations on the Seventh Headquarters Leaders Meeting and the Hyogo General Meeting! Three Basic Guidelines for Propagation This year marks the 70th anniversary of the original February Campaign, the start of our proud February tradition.  Upon becoming second Soka Gakkai president, Josei Toda aspired to increase the membership to 750,000 households. Yet even

My warmest congratulations to you all on the Sixth Headquarters Leaders Meeting, where we set forth in achieving dynamic progress with youthful hearts toward our centennial. … This May 5 marks the 50th anniversary of the start of Ikeda Sensei’s dialogue with Arnold J. Toynbee, considered by many to be the preeminent historian of the

The Year of Youth and Dynamic Progress has finally begun. To celebrate Ikeda Sensei’s birthday (on Jan. 2), from the end of last year into the New Year, we received reports of members in various locales helping their friends begin their Buddhist practice. … In The New Human Revolution, volume 18, the “Dynamic Strides” chapter

Soka Gakkai Senior Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa shared the following words at the Sept. 25 Central Executive Committee virtual conference. Many congratulations on holding this Central Executive Conference and Executive Council Meeting, with Ikeda Sensei warmly watching over you! Sensei has described these next 10 years toward the 100th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai’s founding

Ikeda Sensei has taught us time and again that the purpose of our kosen-rufu movement is not simply to expand the ranks of Soka Gakkai members. Our efforts to advance kosen-rufu are also found in striving to rectify the corruption that exists in society and to create an era in which the people are 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