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Frontline News

Expanding Our Ties at the July Youth Gatherings

In July, the youth will hold divisional gatherings across the country to commemorate the founding of the young men’s division (July 11, 1951) and the young women’s division (July 19, 1951). The World Tribune spoke with SGI-USA Young Women’s Leader Amelia Gonzalez and SGI-USA Young Men’s Leader Shota Okajima about these gatherings and how every SGI-USA

Frontline News

Each District, One Precious Youth!

At the Central Executive Committee Conference, representative leaders reaffirm this year’s focus to introduce one youth in each district as the cause for building a peaceful future.

Experience

Everything Begins With Hope

Praying for my daughter’s life, I grasp my mentor’s heart and vow to impart hope to youth.

Profiles

Like Shakespeare

by Alina Marrero San Juan, Puerto Rico “We have no active youth!” That’s how Ruta 66 Chapter felt for years. Members always made causes, and our meetings have always been joyful. But with the pandemic, something needed to change. I’m a journalist, playwright and theater critic. In the arts, a time of crisis can be

Frontline News

‘Each of You Is a Protagonist for Kosen-rufu’

WESTON, Fla.—Never mind the forecasted thunderstorm: The Women’s Division #1 Conference participants brought the sun to SGI-USA’s Florida Nature and Culture Center in what turned out to be a weekend of beautiful Florida weather. Over 170 women ages 34 to 45 gathered from June 2 to 5 for the conference themed “Each District, One Precious Youth!”

Comic

The Brave Parrot

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Q&A

Q: When I try introducing my friends to Buddhism, they usually say that organized religion isn’t for them. Why do we practice in an organization?

A: The word organization probably conjures certain images for some people, but the fact is, everything in this world involves some sort of organization. The human body itself is made up of more than sixty trillion cells, all working in concert. That’s an amazingly efficient organization. … It’s the same with human society, as well.

On the Cover

Hierapolis-Pamukkale

Known as Pamukkale, or “cotton palace,” the ancient “holy city” of Hierapolis is an ethereal landscape of mineral forests, petrified waterfalls and terraced basins. Its cliffside hot springs 650 feet high have served as spas since 200 BCE, when the town of Hierapolis was founded in what is now southwest Turkey. Throughout the ages, civilizations

Daily Life

Weaving the Fabric of Peace

That human beings possess philosophy and ideals distinguishes us from other animals. All people ask, at least once in their lives, why they were born in this world. But animals don’t ask themselves that question. Another of our distinguishing features is our human yearning for principles that allow us to live honorably, peacefully, happily. It’s

Ikeda Sensei

The Phenomenal Power of SGI Youth

Our Brilliant Path to Victory