February 11, 2022, World Tribune

Speaking openly of Buddhism in the wake of my mother’s death, I move beyond my grief to connect with her anew.

The following is the 2022 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda in Korean. 

Happy New Year! My best wishes to you in the coming year. There was a subject second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda often spoke about as if passing on a solemn legacy to his successors. That subject was courage. He once gave this clear-cut guidance: The essence of Buddhism is compassion. We, too, need to

The following is the 2022 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda in Japanese.

The following is the 2022 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda in simplified Chinese.

The following is the 2022 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda in traditional Chinese. 

Febrero de 2022

This month we celebrate the 122nd anniversary of second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda’s birth. Josei Toda was born on Feb. 11, 1900, in Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Japan. He was an educator, publisher and entrepreneur who was responsible for publishing Soka kyoikugaku taikei (The System of Value-Creating Education), the seminal work

Nichiren Daishonin was born on Feb. 16, 1222, in a village on the eastern coast of Awa Province in present-day Chiba Prefecture. His family made a living as fishermen during the Kamakura Period. This was when the nation was fraught with natural disasters and power clashes within the ruling warrior class, and religious leaders sought

Episode #53 is “Defeating the doubt within.” Jimmy Anicet, of Boston, shares about the significant personal journey he went on during 2019. He decided to tackle his own sense of regret and self-doubt once and for all by digging deeply into his Buddhist practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Then, just a month after he arrived at

Lake Superior certainly lives up to its name. At 31,700 square miles and with cold waters reaching depths greater than 1,300 feet, North America’s northernmost lake is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area and the third largest by volume. Ten percent of the world’s surface fresh water is in this lake.

Gleaned from more than 50 years of Ikeda Sensei’s works, this revised edition adds new selections that further provide a window into his thoughts and philosophy. This series offers a boundless source of inspiration, hope and courage. It is available at bookstore.sgi-usa.org. Purchase a paperback copy for $9.95 or e-book for $6.99.

Raising children to become people of character is the enduring task of parenthood. And yet, a parent’s efforts may be rebuffed by the children themselves. When this happens, the best of us may feel inclined to scold our kids or to throw up our hands, at a loss as to what went wrong. Ikeda Sensei

Transforming Human History: The Light of Peace and Dignity

The World Tribune spoke with Washington D.C. Region Many Treasures Group leaders Pat Henry, Blake Lange and Troy Roots about their ongoing efforts to hold Many Treasures Group Zoom meetings during the pandemic and care for their members. World Tribune: It is a pleasure to speak to you today about the Many Treasures Group activities

Answer: Because we share deep bonds with the departed, strengthening our lives will lead to their eternal happiness.