November 7, 2025, World Tribune

Ikeda Sensei gave the following speech at a Soka Gakkai headquarters leaders meeting in Osaka, Japan, on March 4, 1991. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, chapter 15, installment 2, pp. 125–27. Ikeda Sensei  points out that, to gain a state of indestructible happiness, it

This year, we mark the 95th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai’s founding, on Nov. 18, and the second anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s passing on Nov. 15. How can we best commemorate these significant milestones? In an age of division and mistrust, the November district general meetings represent an oasis, where members and their friends can

Responding to my mentor’s guidance, I lay an unshakable foundation of good fortune.

SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa gave the following address at the commemorative meetings in Santa Monica and Oakland, California, marking the 65th anniversary of global kosen-rufu. [Editor’s note: SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa opened his remarks with leadership appointments (see this page). The following is his address thereafter.] Now, I would like to say a

Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada gave the following address at the SoCal Quint Zones representative leaders meeting, held on Oct. 8, 2025, at the World Culture Center in Santa Monica, California. The meeting commemorated the 65th anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s first visit to the U.S. to spread Nichiren Buddhism around the world. Many congratulations on

Newly appointed SGI-USA Women’s Leader Monica Soto Ouchi gave the following determination at meetings in Los Angeles and Oakland, California, commemorating the 65th anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s first steps in the U.S. to spread Buddhism around the world. by Monica Soto OuchiSGI-USA Women’s Leader I want to first and foremost express my boundless gratitude to

Oct. 2 marked SGI World Peace Day, the 65th anniversary of Ikeda Sensei embarking on his first overseas journey for peace. On that day this year, photographers captured the rise of the sun and the moon from these cities Sensei visited in 1960: Honolulu, Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles. Nichiren Daishonin in

The Golden Gate Bridge, celebrated for its innovative design and strength, is a suspension bridge over the Golden Gate Strait, the stretch of water where the San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean. Each year, multitudes venture across the bridge, which opened in May 1937, admiring the steel cables that hold it together. On his