July 3, 2026, World Tribune

The following is from Dialogue on Mothers and Children in the 21st Century, vol. 3, published in Japanese in June 2000. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 4, installment 3, pp. 140–41. Ikeda Sensei urges us to regard difficulties as opportunities for attaining happiness

The following is from a speech at a representatives conference in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb. 2, 1992. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 4, installment 4, pp. 142–43. Our hearts will not shine unless we polish them. When we exert ourselves in faith and

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NEW YORK—“The world is not healed by cynicism,” said Andrea Bartoli, member of Soka University of America’s (SUA’s)board of trustees, addressing a packed Milbank Chapel at Teachers College, Columbia University, on June 13. “The world is not transformed by resignation. The world changes because people are willing to imagine something better, and they dedicate themselves

On July 3, 1957, Daisaku Ikeda, who was serving as the Soka Gakkai youth division chief of staff, was summoned to the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, where he was arrested on false charges of election law violations connected to a House of Councillors by-election held earlier that year. The news of his arrest spread quickly

How can we strive to do our best without tying our self-worth to the outcome? Today’s guest, Sandeep Ramanthan, of Seattle, struggled with an emptiness that came over him whenever he was alone and not working. By diving into his Buddhist practice, he found self-worth independent of his friendships and career. Click here to watch

Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944) was an American modernist painter, poet and designer whose vivid, highly stylized works captured the glamour, wit and theatricality of early 20th-century New York. Born in Rochester, New York, and later based in New York City, she developed a singular visual language marked by radiant color, delicate line and stagelike compositions that