Frontline News
Kosen-rufu Happens One-to-One
Envisioning the path to 2030, the Central Executive Committee voted to focus in 2026 on ways to shine a light on smaller interactions.
In this issue
Ikeda Sensei
Buddhism Teaches How to Live as a Human Being
Ikeda Sensei gave the following speech at a conference in Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 8, 1991. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, chapter 14, installment 1, pp. 95–99. “Be good citizens!”—this is an eternal guideline that Ikeda Sensei has consistently articulated. The Soka Gakkai’s aim is
Experience
Fighting for the People
Year by year, I take my mentor’s guidance to heart, steeling my life for a crucial moment.
Guidance for Leadership
Shine a Light on Every Member
SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa said the following in a guidance session with the SGI-USA Executive Council and Central Executive Committee on Sept. 13, 2025, during the CEC’s third quarterly conference of the year. (See pp. 6–7 for a CEC report.) by Yoshiki TanigawaSGI Vice President Recently, the SGI-USA Executive Council unanimously renewed Adin Strauss’ [third]
Buddhist Study
Nonviolence Grounded in ‘Dependent Origination’
This study series covers Soka Spirit topics to be presented by a youth or student division member at Soka 2030 meetings on the last Sunday of each month. In a world plagued by war, conflict and a pervasive disrespect for others, practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism embrace a philosophy that confronts the root causes of these
Editorial
Illuminating and Manifesting Our True Nature on the Stage of Our Mission
The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was translated from the October 2025 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. Life is a grand drama, and each of us is the protagonist, striving to fulfill our great mission of worldwide kosen-rufu. Ikeda Sensei lived as a true protagonist, embodying the noble
Women's Division Column
Faith Manifests in Open-Hearted Discussion Meetings
The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The Human Revolution, pp. 1489–90. During the reconstruction period, [Josei Toda] had attended discussion meetings almost every night—gatherings of only small numbers of people. The leaders would
On the Cover
Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Everyday America
Born in New York City on Feb. 3, 1894, Norman Rockwell dropped out of high school at 16 to pursue art full time at the prestigious New School of Art, then at the Art Students League of New York. Upon graduation, Rockwell found immediate work as an illustrator for Boys’ Life magazine. At the young