April 2023 Living Buddhism - World Tribune

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Interview

Interview with Asle Toje

On January 31, Asle Toje, deputy leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, gave a talk titled “The Nobel Peace Prize: Can It Influence World Peace?” at Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California. Living Buddhism sat down afterward with Mr. Toje to discuss the SGI’s role in contributing to world peace. Living Buddhism: Hello

Global Perspective

40 Years of Ikeda Sensei’s Peace Proposals

The heart of the SGI’s peace movement can be found in Nichiren Daishonin’s statement, “Life is the foremost of all treasures.” This sentiment is no more persuasively expressed than in the landmark Declaration for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, which second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda delivered in September 1957 and which, thus, marked the

Ikeda Sensei

Forever Passing On the Mission of Kosen-rufu

Originally published in the March 2023 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. What good fortune we have to journey throughout the three existences—past, present and future—with Nichiren Daishonin, the Mystic Law and our fellow members, forever walking the path of eternity, happiness, true self and purity. In a letter to Soya Doso, who exerted

On the Cover

SGI-USA Washington, D.C. Buddhist Center

When the SGI-USA Washington, D.C., Buddhist Center opened on June 25, 2008, it was coined the “SGI Embassy” for its location among the stately foreign embassies that line Massachusetts Avenue on Embassy Row. SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda traveled to the U.S. to officiate the opening ceremony on behalf of Ikeda Sensei, who in a

Gosho Study

Battle Negative Influences

“Believers in the Lotus Sutra should fear those who attempt to obstruct their practice more than they fear bandits, burglars, night raiders, tigers, wolves, or lions—even more than invasion now by the Mongols.” (“Letter to the Brothers,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 495) Ikeda Sensei’s Guidance Who is it that we, as

Experience

The Surest Route

Confronting life’s workaday struggles, I learn to live—and write—deeply. I’m Judy Juanita from Oakland.

Our History

Nichiren Daishonin—His Lifelong Vow and Great Compassion

Installment 4: Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land—Part 1

Ikeda Wisdom Academy

Highlights of the April 2023 Study Material

Academy members should:• be district through national youth leaders.• have their own copy of The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 1.• read the assigned material prior to each meeting. APRIL SYLLABUS The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 1, pp. 41–82 Part One: Prologue• A Scripture that Calls Out to All PeoplePart Two: “Introduction”

District Meeting

District Study Meeting Material

District Meeting

District Discussion Meeting Material

Ikeda Sensei’s Lectures

Youth and Faith—Awakening to Our Own and Others’ Dignity

Ikeda Sensei’s Lecture Series [87]

Comic

Setting Goals

Illustration by Leo Matsuda

The New Human Revolution

Great Path—Volume 28, Chapter 2

Installment 10 | Installment 20 | Installment 30 | Installment 40 | Installment 50 | Installment 60 Installment 1 We recite and we sing!A rainbow of poetry and song of our grand adventureshines in the skies of kosen-rufu. Why do I sing?To kindle hope and ignite a flame of couragein the hearts of sorrowing friends!To sound

Frontline News

Joyful and Triumphant With the Heart of a Lion King!

by Adin Strauss, Naoko Leslie and Kevin Moncrief SGI-USA General Director, Women’s leader and Men’s leader Hello, thank you, and thank you again for your steadfast and truly inspiring support of kosen-rufu! Listening to and engaging with our wonderful members—sometimes on the phone, sometimes via Zoom and sometimes (much more recently) in person—we have been