Frontline News
The Emergence of 10,000 Youthful Bodhisattvas!
A report on the March Youth General Meetings.
In this issue
Experience
It’s Never Too Late
My Buddhist practice has taught me that no matter what happens, I can always choose to begin again.
Encouragement
Bringing Flowers of Dialogue, Capable People and Benefit to Bloom
The following was translated from the March 23, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, the Seikyo Shimbun. This year again, a wave of cherry blossoms has begun to make its northward journey from Okinawa, Hiroshima and other areas. A glorious springtime abloom with cherry blossoms has arrived. Nichiren Daishonin loved and celebrated cherry
Brief Guidances
Lives Shining With Noble Brilliance
Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei
Lessons
Advancing With Good Friends Is the Buddha Way
Shakyamuni’s disciple Ananda once asked if advancing with good friends is half the way to enlightenment. Shakyamuni responded that this was not the correct way of thinking. It is not half the Buddha way, he said, but all the Buddha way. Ikeda Sensei explains: Advancing and striving together with good friends is not half but
Q&A
Q: I was an SGI-USA leader for a long time, but now, as a general member, I’m wondering how I can best contribute.
The life of each of us is like a canvas. What kind of picture do we paint there? We don’t have to be a celebrity or a genius. What’s important is to fill our canvas in our own style and to our own satisfaction, depicting the brilliant drama of a life devoted to our own
Q&A
Q: Why do we always emphasize the benefits we gain through Buddhist practice?
It’s human to want things. We look and work for what we think will bring us joy or make life easier and better. We also find satisfaction in achieving, learning or mastering something that holds value for us. The desire to improve our circumstances is what motivated many of us to take up the practice
Frontline News
Sowing the Seeds of Soka Education
March 28—Motivated by a desire to learn more about pursuing higher education at Soka University of America, over 1,000 elementary and junior high school division members, as well as their families and supporters, joined a virtual nationwide webinar hosted by the SGI-USA future division. Ikeda Sensei established SUA’s undergraduate program in 2001 in Aliso Viejo,
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Many Treasures Group Appointment
Nanami Vittor joins the Many Treasures Group (MTG) national team as the newly appointed SGI-USA vice women’s MTG leader. Mrs. Vittor lives in Ellicott City, Maryland, and also serves as the Mid-Atlantic Zone vice women’s leader. She started her Buddhist practice with the Soka Gakkai in 1967 in Japan and has since practiced in several