Feature
The Next Phase of Reopening
At the Central Executive Committee Conference, significant changes to reopening are approved.
In this issue
Encouragement
Let’s Confidently Enact Wonderful Dramas of Victory
Ascending a New Summit of Kosen-rufu Together
Brief Guidances
Nichiren Buddhism Is a Philosophy of Supreme Respect for All People
Toward a Hope-Filled Future With the Daishonin's Writings: Words of Encouragement from Ikeda Sensei
Brief Guidances
Women Dedicated to Kosen-rufu Are the Bright Hope of the World
Toward a Hope-Filled Future With the Daishonin's Writings: Words of Encouragement from Ikeda Sensei
Buddhability
How to Make the ‘Upside Down’ Right Side Up
Have you binged the first seven episodes of “Stranger Things,” season 4 yet? If not, spoiler alert. Check out the article “Buddhability Explained: Strangers Things Edition” to learn how the popular Netflix show’s recent plot ties to Nichiren Buddhism. Click here to read the article.
Center Openings
Tucson Buddhist Center Opens
Tucson, Ariz., May 1—In a joyful ceremony, the resilience of the Southwest Zone members shone through with the long-awaited grand opening of the new Tucson Buddhist Center. Due to COVID-19, the grand opening had been postponed twice, once in November 2021, and again in January 2022. But, each time, the members redetermined to patiently await
Experience
Pioneering With Heart
How the humanity of SGI members upended my worldview and remade me as a revolutionary.
Activity Report
Now Is the Time to Spread the Law
by Maya Gunaseharan SGI-USA Young Women’s Leader I would first like to express my deepest appreciation to all SGI-USA members for their support of the young women toward the anniversary of our division’s founding on July 19. With no shortage of crises in society resulting from the disregard of human life, the difficulty of this
Our History
July 19, 1951—the Founding of the Young Women’s Division
The skies over Tokyo were clear and the air, warm. Outside the former Soka Gakkai Headquarters in Nishi-Kanda, Tokyo, 74 young women gathered under the stars. The recently inaugurated second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda had assembled these young women on Thursday, July 19, 1951, to establish a division of their own. Six years
Activity Report
We Bring the Change
by Ryo Kuroki SGI-USA Young Men’s Leader In December 2019, Ikeda Sensei conveyed the significant role SGI members would play to transform our global society toward the Soka Gakkai’s centennial in 2030. Calling forth the need to transform great evil into great good, he said, “The 10-year period from the 90th to the 100th anniversaries
Our History
July 11, 1951—the Founding of the Young Men’s Division
The following episode highlights the inaugural meeting of the Soka Gakkai’s young men’s division, which was founded by second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda on July 11, 1951. The text was adapted from Ikeda Sensei’s novel The Human Revolution, pp. 588–94, in which he appears as Shin’ichi Yamamoto. That day was rainy. A few minutes
National Parks
Olympic National Park, Washington
Covering nearly a million acres, Olympic National Park is known for its distinctly diverse ecosystems from temperate rainforests to glacier-capped mountains, not to mention its more than 70 miles of coastline. —Prepared by the World Tribune staff