Feature
6 Keys to Having Genuine Dialogue
What we might consider a conversation and a dialogue are poles apart.
In this issue
Encouragement
Making Good Causes Day After Day
The first point I wish to convey to you is “Please put your health first.” I hope you’ll use your wisdom and creativity to find ways to improve and maintain your health. Our Buddhist faith and practice are the driving force for good health. But that doesn’t mean we should be complacent about our health.
Our History
This Month in Soka Gakkai History
5/3 Soka Gakkai Day In 1951, Josei Toda is inaugurated as second Soka Gakkai president and declares his lifetime membership goal of 750,000 households. On May 3, 1960, 32-year-old Daisaku Ikeda is inaugurated as third Soka Gakkai president, vowing to advance kosen-rufu. (See The Human Revolution, “Blazing Sun” and “New Dawn” chapters.) Soka Gakkai Mother’s
Brief Guidances
Enfolding Humanity in the Warm, Compassionate Light of the Mystic Law
Spreading the Brilliant Light of the Daishonin's Writings
Check It Out
New ‘World Tribune’ Site and App are Live
The World Tribune has launched its revamped website, worldtribune.org, plus a newmobile app that enables subscribers to read and listen to their SGI-USA publications on the go. The new site includes sections for the weekly newspaper World Tribune and monthly study magazine Living Buddhism as well as expanded resources. Subscribers can enjoy one-stop shops
Soka Gakkai
‘Action for Peace’ Site Coming Soon
The new English-language website “SGI—Action for Peace” will be launched on May 10 to share the activities of the SGI as an NGO affiliated with the United Nations. This website sgi-peace.org will both replace the current site for the SGI Office for U.N. Affairs and include information about activities by constituent organizations around the world
Buddhability
Finding My Own Path in Relationships
In this episode, we talk identity and relationships with Briana Boche, of Seattle, who shares her story of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and how she developed confidence in the practice of human revolution, that is, the process of continually revealing our courage, wisdom and compassion for ourselves and others. We discuss with Briana how her Buddhist practice
Experience
Cherishing Humanity
By practicing Nichiren Buddhism with the SGI, I have gained a deeper sense of my mission as a “lawyer for life.”
Interview
Global Citizenship Through Art
SGI-USA member Kryssi Staikidis is a painter, professor and head of Art and Design Education at the Northern Illinois University School of Art and Design. In 2021, she was conferred the National Art Education Association’s June King McFee Award for her research and art, teaching practices that focus on community, inclusivity and social justice. World
Life Lessons from Nichiren
As a single parent, I worry if my child is missing out on something. What can I do?
Answer: One of the best things we can offer our children is our example of living a strong, victorious life, basing everything on our ever-deepening faith.
Many Treasures Group
Recently retired on a fixed income, I’m more cautious with finances than I once was. How can I partake in SGI-USA contributions with a youthful, lionlike spirit in this new chapter of my life?
This is a courageous question. Matters of financial security and faith are ones that Ikeda Sensei himself has given painstaking thought. At the headquarters in May 1961, deeply pondering the future of kosen-rufu, Sensei’s thoughts turned to the question of funding. Numerous construction projects were underway and even more were on the horizon, all of
Brief Guidances
Let’s Challenge Ourselves Again Today!
Spreading the Brilliant Light of the Daishonin's Writings