CategoryWomen’s Division Column

From July to November, the SGI-USA women are studying Ikeda Sensei’s lecture series The Five Eternal Guidelines of the Soka Gakkai at our America Victory Daimoku Group chanting sessions. The study passage for September follows. Life is a series of unexpected challenges. What matters most is not whether we encounter difficulties but how we respond

From July to November, the SGI-USA women are studying Ikeda Sensei’s lecture series The Five Eternal Guidelines of the Soka Gakkai at our America Victory Daimoku Group chanting sessions. The study passage for August follows. What kind of happiness do we seek through our Buddhist practice? Ikeda Sensei explained: “Happiness is not something given to

To mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai women’s division on June 10, 1951, the SGI-USA women will reconfirm the purpose of our Buddhist practice through studying Ikeda Sensei’s lecture series The Five Eternal Guidelines of the Soka Gakkai at our America Victory Daimoku Group tosos from July to November. The

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. “Today, many of your representatives told of benefits they received—amazing benefits, but not compared to those I have gained. Now let me tell you how you can get true benefits.” [Josei] Toda’s

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following is the history of the women’s division’s founding, which marks its 75th anniversary this year. On June 10, 1951, just a month after being inaugurated as second Soka Gakkai president,

In October 2025, the SGI-USA women and young women launched the dialogue initiative “Peace in Miniature: One Is the Mother of Ten Thousand,” which invites each of us to engage in transformative one-to-one dialogues with our friends, neighbors and one another, with the conviction that each one represents peace itself. At your monthly America Victory

In October 2025, the SGI-USA women and young women launched the dialogue initiative “Peace in Miniature: One Is the Mother of Ten Thousand,” which invites each of us to engage in transformative one-to-one dialogues with our friends, neighbors and one another, with the conviction that each one represents peace itself. At your monthly America Victory

“What the world needs more than anything else at this moment is an outbreak of good-will and human understanding.” —Jane Addams, pioneering American social worker by Monica Soto OuchiSGI-USA Women’s Leader Happy February! This month, the women and young women are celebrating Feb. 27—SGI-USA Women’s Day and the birthday of SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko

In October, the SGI-USA women and young women launched the dialogue initiative “Peace in Miniature: One Is the Mother of Ten-Thousand,” which invites each of us to engage in transformative one-to-one dialogues with our friends, neighbors and one another, with the conviction that each one represents peace itself. At your monthly America Victory Daimoku Group

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The Human Revolution, pp. 1489–90. During the reconstruction period, [Josei Toda] had attended discussion meetings almost every night—gatherings of only small numbers of people. The leaders would

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The Human Revolution, p. 1321. Ikeda Sensei appears in the novel as Shin’ichi Yamamoto.  “Anyone would think that victory is impossible,” Shin’ichi Yamamoto said, “and that’s probably

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 18, pp. 165–66. Nichiren Daishonin writes, “Nichiren is like the plant, and my teacher, the earth” (“Flowering and Bearing Grain,” The Writings

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 17, revised edition, pp. 212–13. Shin’ichi Yamamoto is Ikeda Sensei’s character in the novel. “After talking to a person just once, you

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from Shine Like the Morning Sun, pp. 119–20. Feb. 11 this year (2013) will mark the 50th anniversary of an essay I wrote, titled simply, “To the Women’s

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 26, pp. 333–34. “Second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda often used to say: ‘Those who are always thankful for the Gohonzon enjoy

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 2, revised edition, p. 251.  “Some of you may feel you couldn’t possibly introduce others to Nichiren Buddhism and successfully have them

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 12, revised edition, pp. 116–17. Shin’ichi Yamamoto (Ikeda Sensei’s character in the novel) offers guidance to members at the Matsushiro Community Center

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from Reaching Beyond—Improvisations on Jazz, Buddhism, and a Joyful Life, pp. 189–190. I am certain that many people have felt this gratitude to someone for their help and

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 26, pp. 371–72. The aim of our Buddhist practice—our chanting and our activities to share Buddhism with others—is to transform our karma

Starting in this issue, the World Tribune will be publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meeting. The following excerpt of Sensei’s encouragement was originally published in the Jan. 19, 2018, World Tribune, p. 2. My mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, often