December 2025 Living Buddhism

What is the true benefit of faith? It is to advance on the path of indestructible happiness across the three existences—past, present and future. It is to construct in this lifetime the correct path of life that will guide us into eternity throughout the unending cycle of birth and death. This path is also the

Gongyo—which includes reciting portions of the “Expedient Means” and “Life Span of the Thus Come One” chapters of the Lotus Sutra morning and evening—is part of daily practice for Nichiren Buddhists. This series carries Ikeda Sensei’s explanations of gongyo. This section, part of the prose section of the “Life Span” chapter, is no longer recited

This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an excerpt of his speech given at the Second SGI-USA General Meeting, World Peace Ikeda Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, January 27, 1993. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, pp. 203–08.

In his battle for health, my son teaches me to advance in the face of hardship as a person of faith. I am Mariano Kimbara of Dallas.

Please base your monthly discussion meeting study on one of the following: 1) Buddhist Concepts (pp. 36–37) 2) Writings for Discussion Meetings (pp. 38–39) 3) Material from any recent issue of the World Tribune or Living Buddhism Buddhist Concepts How the Three Buddha Bodies Show Up in Our Daily Lives Nichiren Buddhism celebrates everyone’s inherent

Ikeda Wisdom Academy members: • are group through national youth leaders and all student division members.• should have their own copy of The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 4.• are encouraged to read the assigned material before each meeting. December Syllabus: The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 4, pp. 249–75 Part Three: “The

The SoCal-Pacific Territory Student Division members held a Q&A session with SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa on October 9, 2025, at the South Orange County Buddhist Center in Laguna Hills, California.

This is a translation of an installment of a Soka Gakkai Study Department series, published in September 2024 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Installment 27: Successors From the time Nichiren Daishonin first declared his teaching at age 32 until he began residing in Minobu at 53, he endured 21 years

Ikeda Sensei’s serialized novel The New Human Revolution chronicles the history of the Soka Gakkai following his inauguration in 1960 as its third president. It carries practical guidance on how to expand our movement for kosen-rufu and hundreds of experiences of inner transformation. Sensei appears in the novel as Shin’ichi Yamamoto. The following takes place

The Chinese character for waterfall is made from combining the characters for “water” and “dragon.” Like tens of thousands of writhing water dragons, the over-whelming, powerful Niagara Falls seems to tear at heaven and earth with explosive force. Like this king of waterfalls, people should live their lives as kings and queens— Like the waterfall,