Our History
Thirty Years: 1996 Visit
Commemorating Ikeda Sensei’s 27th and Final Visit to the U.S. in 1996.
In this issue
Ikeda Sensei
‘Never Seek This Gohonzon Outside Yourself’
The following is from a speech at a representative gathering in Tokyo on April 3, 1993. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 3, installment 2, pp. 58–62. In this selection, Ikeda Sensei explains the profound principle of tapping the power of the Gohonzon in
News
Second Year of Educators for Peace
by Lillian KoizumiSpecial to the Tribune The second annual Educating for Peace Conference was held April 25–26, 2026, at the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue. Co-organized with the Soka Institute for Global Solutions at SUA (SIGS), the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Middlebury Institute, and EdEthics at the Harvard
Experience
Strength of Heart
Choosing first to believe in myself, I break into acting more confident than ever.
Profiles
Believing in My Unlimited Potential
Fulfilling my dreams through responding to Ikeda Sensei’s vision for peace.
Buddhist Study
The Horses and Swans That Revived King Rinda
This series, prepared by the SGI-USA Study Department, features timeless stories from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings (also called the Gosho) that continue to offer practical wisdom for us today. Long ago, there lived a great ruler named King Rinda. The sound of white horses neighing infused him with energy and strength. As long as he was
Editorial
Be Leaders of Wisdom and Poetic Spirit
The following is from the June 2026 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. The verse section of the “Life Span” chapter of the Lotus Sutra, which we recite each day during gongyo, beautifully expresses the eternal nature of life through sublime poetry. In this sense, all members of the Soka Gakkai
Women's Division Column
Embodying the ‘Five Eternal Guidelines’
To mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai women’s division on June 10, 1951, the SGI-USA women will reconfirm the purpose of our Buddhist practice through studying Ikeda Sensei’s lecture series The Five Eternal Guidelines of the Soka Gakkai at our America Victory Daimoku Group tosos from July to November. The
On the Cover
Albert Bierstadt: A Vision of Hope in the Rockies
The painting on this issue’s cover, Rocky Mountain Landscape (1870), by Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902), captures the majesty and grandeur of one of America’s most iconic natural wonders. Celebrated for his majestic landscapes of the American West, Bierstadt traveled extensively through the Rocky Mountains during the 19th century, creating luminous landscapes that conveyed both the beauty