February 2026 Living Buddhism

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 Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, January 29, 1993. The full speech can be found inMy Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, pp. 229–39.  How can we restore wholeness to the human

Finding a mentor, I learn how to live with heart. I’m Rhonda Windham of Los Angeles.

Months into our peace talks, the women and young women learn that it’s possible every day to create peace where they stand.

This lecture is part of the “The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World” series, originally published in the November 2018 Living Buddhism. It can be found in Champions of Hope. In the early days of our movement, one book we young people studied with second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda was Hall Caine’s The Eternal

Please present the 3-Minute Gosho (pp. 40–41) at your discussion meetings. For the main study portion of the meeting, you can choose to expand on the 3-Minute Gosho or choose from one of the following: 1) What Do You Think? (pp. 42–43) 2) Material from any recent issue of the World Tribune or Living Buddhism.

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. 5. • are encouraged to read the assigned material before each meeting. February Syllabus: The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 5, pp. 3–25 Part

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Learning From the Momentous Struggle of Nikko Shonin

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

Motionless on the lotus bud, a red dragonfly rested its wings. Perfect stillness. I clicked my shutter five times, and still it did not move. Perhaps it was entranced by the shimmering of the water’s surface; or perhaps its wings, exhausted from flight, had not yet recovered; or could it have been waiting for the