Frontline News
Advancing One Step Forward Together—Raising Successors Through the July Youth Meetings
A report on the young men’s general meetings and young women’s national conference.
In this issue
Experience
The Joy of Planting Seeds
Fighting for kosen-rufu is the best way to live.
Ikeda Sensei
My True Disciples of the Young Men’s Division—Hold High the Banner of ‘Winning Based on Buddhism’!
Message Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Young Men’s Division
Ikeda Sensei
Building a Garden of Harmony and Happiness With the Supreme Philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism
Message Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Young Women’s Division
News
Inaugural Indigo Talk Explores Pain and Promise
by Mitch Bogen Special to The Tribune On July 22, the Ikeda Center celebrated the launch of its new Indigo Talks lecture series. Named after the Buddhist expression “from the indigo, an even deeper blue,” the series features renowned intellectuals in dialogue with enduring works by Ikeda Center founder Daisaku Ikeda. The inaugural speaker was
Buddhist Study
How to Amplify Our Power of Faith
Concept #8: The Four Powers
Lessons
The Tale of the Dragon Gate
Legends tell of carp transforming into a dragon by swimming up a waterfall called the Dragon Gate. The falls are believed to be located on the upper or middle reaches of the Yellow River in China. Some sources describe it as being 100 feet high, others as 1,000. Though measurements of the Dragon Gate differ,
Q&A
Q: How can I create a strong daily rhythm now that I am no longer in the workforce?
A: It requires a new level of self-discipline when we don’t have to report to a job at a certain time every day. Although we may need to walk the dog or feed the cat, we can still find ourselves without a regular schedule, muddling through the day with no particular objective. Ikeda Sensei’s guidance
Q&A
Q: Why do I need a mentor in Buddhism?
A: A teacher or mentor in Buddhism is one who leads and connects people to the Law, teaching them that the Law on which they should depend exists within their own lives. The disciples in turn seek the mentor, who embodies and is one with the Law. Looking to the mentor as a model, they
On the Cover
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
On March 1, 1872, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act, making Yellowstone the world’s first federally protected park. Located in Wyoming and parts of Montana and Idaho, it features more than 10,000 hot springs, geysers and mudpots that are home to rare heat-loving microscopic organisms. The most well-known geyser,
In Society
Cybersecurity Tips
Staying Safe Online
In Society
An Extraordinary Revival
Did you know that some seeds can stay alive for centuries or even millennia? Seventy years ago in 1951, archaeologists excavated ancient lotus seeds from a 2,000-year-old site in Chiba, Japan. Paleobotanist Ichiro Oga revived one of the seeds, which began to sprout two months later in May 1951, the same month Josei Toda became
New Releases
Austregésilo de Athayde and Daisaku Ikeda
Watch “Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century,” the latest video on daisakuikeda.org featuring Dr. Austregésilo de Athayde, renowned Brazilian journalist and champion of human rights, and Daisaku Ikeda. The two kindred spirits met in Rio de Janeiro in 1993 and went on to publish the dialogue, Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century, together. Access the