Experience
What Hope Means to Me
How I gained the courage to face my fears.
In this issue
Feature
Ushering in the Year of Hope and Victory!
Let’s create a groundswell of happiness in 2021.
Encouragement
Let’s Continue Our Endeavor to Elevate the Life State of All Humankind
Ikeda Sensei’s New Year’s Message
News
Gear Up for 2021
Ready to go deeper with your Buddhist practice in the new year?
News
‘Time’s’ First Kid of the Year
Meet 15-year-old Gitanjali Rao, of Lone Tree, Colorado: Time magazine’s first Kid of the Year (see its December 2020 issue). Among her many contributions as a scientist and inventor, she created a phone and web device that can recognize early signs of cyberbullying. Currently, she is working on a tool to easily detect biocontaminants in
News
Encouragement for New Members
Ikeda Sensei’s latest book, For Our Wonderful New Members, is now available!
Our History
From a Far-Reaching Vision to Reality
In October 1961, Ikeda Sensei visited the Berlin Wall just two months after it had been erected. “The sudden closing of the passage between East and West Berlin split families, relatives and lovers,” he wrote of the time. “It was a small-scale model of the Cold War, in which people were oppressed and cast asunder
Check It Out
The Solidarity of Humankind
Published Works
Brief Guidances
Q: Which is more important when chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo: quantity or quality?
Answer: The value—or, if you like, the quality—of a 100-dollar bill is more than a 10-dollar bill. Naturally, most people would prefer a 100-dollar bill, right?Similarly, in faith, sincere, strong prayers are important. Of course, having lots of 100-dollar bills is even better! Likewise, in chanting Nam- myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon, both quantity and quality
New Members Meeting
Making Good Causes for a Victorious New Year
“The Future Is Yours to Change”
Ikeda Center
New Executive Director Named
The Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, introduces its new executive director, Kevin Maher. He succeeds Virginia Benson, who has served as the executive director for 19 of the center’s 27 years and will become the senior executive advisor. Mr. Maher has worked at the institute since 2002 and resides just
Around the SGI-USA
First ASL Intro-to-Buddhism Meeting
As members continue to encourage one another remotely during the coronavirus pandemic, a virtual meeting was held on Dec. 5—but this gathering was entirely interpreted through American Sign Language (ASL). The SGI-USA held its first ASL intro-to-Buddhism meeting for members and guests of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community across the nation. The activity kicked off