June 2026 Living Buddhism

Gongyo—which includes reciting portions of the “Expedient Means” and “Life Span of the Thus Come One” chapters of the Lotus Sutra morning and evening—is part of daily practice for Nichiren Buddhists. This series carries Ikeda Sensei’s explanations of gongyo. This section, part of the prose section of the “Life Span” chapter, is no longer recited

This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an excerpt of his speech given at an SGI representatives conference in Miami, Florida, February 5, 1993. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, pp. 258–62.  The day of a new

Refusing to be defeated by what’s beyond my control, I go all-out in football and school to encourage my friends and ensure a bright future. I’m Spencer Parham of Los Angeles.

Members across the country are striving to share their Buddhist practice with friends in their community. This month, we will hear from two high school division members who are leading the way in these efforts. Sincere and Genuine Conversations Name: Dylan Po // State: California Living Buddhism: Hi Dylan! Thank you for speaking with us. How

Thirty years later, a look back at the origins of the retreat center.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s speech on June 13, 1996, at Teachers College, Columbia University. In the following excerpts, he outlines the qualities of global citizens and how humanistic education is the key to fostering such people. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition,

An Interview With SUA President Ed Feasel

This lecture was originally published in the September–October 2006  Living Buddhism. It can be found in On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime: SGI President Ikeda’s Lecture Series, pp. 2–10. If you wish to free yourself from the sufferings of birth and death you have endured since time without beginning and to attain without fail unsurpassed

Please present the 3-Minute Gosho (pp. 50–51) at your discussion meetings. For the main study portion of the meeting, you can choose to expand on the 3-Minute Gosho or choose from one of the following: 1) What Do You Think? (pp. 52–53) 2) Material from any recent issue of the World Tribune or Living Buddhism.

Ikeda Wisdom Academy members: • are group through national youth leaders and all student division members. • should have their own copy of The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 5.• are encouraged to read the assigned material before each meeting. June Syllabus: The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 5, pp. 121–46 Part Five:

Reconfirming the unique mission of the student division

Ikeda Sensei’s serialized novel The New Human Revolution chronicles the history of the Soka Gakkai following his inauguration in 1960 as its third president. It carries practical guidance on how to expand our movement for kosen-rufu and hundreds of experiences of inner transformation. Sensei appears in the novel as Shin’ichi Yamamoto. The following takes place

The Renaissance was Europe’s youthful period. It embodied all the splendor and sadness of youth. And the center of this Renaissance was Florence—city of youth. … I visited Michelangelo Square in May 1994. It was the day after I had arrived in Italy, the country of light, from Germany, the land of Goethe, and had