August 16, 2019, World Tribune

SGI members worldwide are earnestly studying SGI President Ikeda’s novel The New Human Revolution to eternalize the mentor’s teachings and transmit them to future generations. To that end, the World Tribune has begun reprinting President Ikeda’s essays from “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution.” This essay was originally published in the April 15, 1998, issue

From the June 11, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. It is now the rainy season in Japan. I am endlessly grateful for all the hard work of our “uncrowned heroes,” the deliverers of the Seikyo Shimbun [the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper]. My wife, Kaneko, and I are praying earnestly

The first installments of “Launching Out,” chapter 3, volume 30, of SGI President Ikeda’s epic serialized novel The New Human Revolution has debuted on worldtribune.org. The World Tribune will feature inserts of the installments in the near future. “Launching Out” opens with President Ikeda’s 1980 trip to China, with the aim of solidifying “the golden

In the following excerpt from volume 24 of The New Human Revolution, at a Jan. 15, 1977, Soka Gakkai Study Department meeting, Shin’ichi Yamamoto (depicting SGI President Ikeda) talks about the original role of priests in Buddhism and how the Soka Gakkai today is fulfilling both the role of priests and laity. Buddhism began originally

Singing songs rouses people’s spirits, bringing forth the hope and joy that reside in their hearts. Since the early days of the Soka Gakkai, members have created songs to give expression to their vow to widely spread the ideals of Nichiren Buddhism and lead their friends, family and those around them to happiness. SGI President

The following is second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda’s guidance in The Human Revolution, pp. 885–86, on planting seeds of the Mystic Law. Faith is just another word for embracing the Gohonzon. It is equal to planting a tree that grows to become a Buddha. It means to sow the seed of Buddhahood in the

“First of all learn about death, and then about other things.” (“The Importance of the Moment of Death,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 2, p. 759) When Candy Chang lost a mother figure, she went through a long bout of depression. In the process of grieving her loss, she began to explore her own