May 2020 Living Buddhism

Feature

A Struggle of Words

Through reading The Human Revolution and The New Human Revolution, the history of kosen-rufu and the Soka Gakkai spirit will be transmitted, together with the mentor’s heart, eternally from generation to generation. The following is adapted from a lecture that SGI Women’s Leader Yumiko Kasanuki gave during the SGI-USA Women’s Leaders Conference, held January 24–27

Experience

A Contributive Life Is a Joyful One

Swapna BhideBOSTON Living Buddhism: Thank you, Swapna, for sharing your experience with us. Where did you grow up? Swapna Bhide: Thank you for the opportunity. I was raised in Pune, India, in a conservative family. I spent the majority of my time with my grand- parents, who were quite religious, and I was taught to

Buddhism of the Sun

The Future Division—My Young Successors, I Entrust Everything to You!

To My Friends of Each Division Engaged in Our Shared Struggle Part 5 [51] The Future Division—My Young Successors, I Entrust Everything to You! LECTURE An ability to foster successors is the first requirement of any leader. At a Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting in August 1976, I offered the following guidelines for leaders of

Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace

Peace, Culture and Education: The Purpose of Buddhist Study–Part 3
(Chapter 28)

PART 3: KOSEN-RUFU AND WORLD PEACE OVERVIEW OF THIS SERIES “The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace” is a three-part series that features key selections from SGI President Ikeda’s collected works, which thus far have been compiled into 150 volumes in Japanese. These selections introduce core concepts expressing the wisdom and universal message of Nichiren

Fundamentals

Gratitude Is the Driving Force for Unlimited Development

One who studies the teachings of Buddhism must not fail to repay the four debts of gratitude. According to the Contemplation on the Mind-Ground Sutra, the first of the four debts is that owed to all living beings. Were it not for them, one would find it impossible to make the vow to save innumerable

Ikeda Wisdom Academy

Ikeda Wisdom Academy: May 2020

The Ikeda Wisdom Academy is an SGI-USA youth division movement to engage youth leaders in advanced study. This month, academy members will study chapter 11 of The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life: SGI President Ikeda’s Lecture Series. While the Ikeda Wisdom Academy is a youth leaders study program, all SGI-USA members are invited

Good to Know

An Important Change to Our May Contribution Focus

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai’s founding, the 60th anniversary of Daisaku Ikeda’s inauguration as third president, as well as 60 years since he traveled to the U.S. on October 2, 1960, as his first step to spread the life-affirming teaching of Nichiren Buddhism throughout the world. In this most auspicious

Nichiren and His Disciples

Shijo Kingo–Part 2

Nichiren Daishonin persevered in his efforts to spread the Mystic Law, overcoming a succession of persecutions in order to establish a teaching that could lead all people to absolute happiness. There are numerous examples of the drama of the oneness of mentor and disciple that unfolded between Nichiren and his disciples. This series shows how

Topics

May 3 Soka Gakkai Day

“This moment and the place where you are right now is what matter. When committed disciples rise into action with a self-reliant spirit, the sure flame of Soka will burn and spread brightly from where they are, from that very moment.” —SGI President Ikeda May 3, Soka Gakkai Day, is considered a New Year’s Day

The Brilliant Path of Worldwide Kosen-rufu

Commentary on Volume 16

by SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda

The Brilliant Path of Worldwide Kosen-rufu

Volume 16: Chapter One—Heart and Soul

Chapter Summary The Soka Gakkai had designated 1972 as the “Year of the Community,” and members worked hard to build a base for actualizing a peaceful society through the spread of Nichiren Buddhism on the local level. Based on the resolve that all the members would establish a pillar of sound and indestructible faith in

The Brilliant Path of Worldwide Kosen-rufu

Volume 16: Chapter Two—Dialogue

Chapter Summary On April 29, 1972, Shin’ichi Yamamoto left for Europe and the United States. The primary focus of the trip was his dialogue with British historian professor Arnold J. Toynbee. In the autumn of 1969, Shin’ichi received a letter from the professor inviting him to engage in discussion. Dr. Toynbee explained that he took

The Brilliant Path of Worldwide Kosen-rufu

Volume 16: Chapter Three—Soaring

Chapter Summary After returning from Europe and North America, Shin’ichi Yamamoto traveled to the Kansai and Shikoku regions, and then to Hokkaido. In July, he headed to the Tohoku region, which had suffered heavy damage from torrential rains. When Shin’ichi arrived in Sendai on July 9, he promptly canceled the commemorative photo session that was

The Brilliant Path of Worldwide Kosen-rufu

Excerpts From Nichiren’s Writings in Volume 16

This installment, published in the November 17, 2020, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that SGI President Ikeda discussed in volume 16 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “The cherry, the plum, the peach, the damson—in its own entity, without undergoing any change, possesses the eternally endowed three

Monthly Message

Proudly Studying Nichiren Daishonin’s Teachings and Savoring the Joy of Human Revolution

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the April 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Learning is light—this is a conviction we have inherited from founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, who continued to study in earnest even while in prison, where he ultimately died

In this issue

A Struggle of Words

A Contributive Life Is a Joyful One

The Future Division—My Young Successors, I Entrust Everything to You!

Peace, Culture and Education: The Purpose of Buddhist Study–Part 3(Chapter 28)

Gratitude Is the Driving Force for Unlimited Development

Ikeda Wisdom Academy: May 2020

An Important Change to Our May Contribution Focus

Shijo Kingo–Part 2

May 3 Soka Gakkai Day

Commentary on Volume 16

Volume 16: Chapter One—Heart and Soul

Volume 16: Chapter Two—Dialogue

Volume 16: Chapter Three—Soaring

Excerpts From Nichiren’s Writings in Volume 16

Proudly Studying Nichiren Daishonin’s Teachings and Savoring the Joy of Human Revolution

Peace, Culture and Education: The Purpose of Buddhist Study–Part 3
(Chapter 28)