October 16, 2026, World Tribune

The following is from a speech Ikeda Sensei gave at a Soka Gakkai headquarters leaders meeting in Tokyo, Jan. 27, 1996. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, chapter 15, installment 3, pp. 127–30. Buddhism teaches of the “eight winds,” or eight influences, that can obstruct

The following are excerpts from a speech by Ikeda Sensei at a training session in Nagano, Japan, Aug. 16, 2005. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, chapter 15, installment 4, pp. 130–32. With strong faith, Ikeda Sensei says, we can overcome any hardship, transforming it

The following is encouragement Ikeda Sensei sent to participants of a young women’s meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2013. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, chapter 15, installment 5, pp. 132–33.  In a message to the young women’s division SGI Ikeda Kayo-kai, Ikeda Sensei

The Enlighten Up Bro podcast introduces a new mini-series—Level Up Your Health, Bro! Across four episodes, Shota, Grady and Kenichi introduce Ikeda Sensei’s Four Mottoes for Good Health, grounded in Buddhist faith (see The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, pp. 276–82). Listen to how they live by these mottoes to

Practicing Buddhism amid the stress of college admissions, I learn that I can win anywhere.

For today’s device-centered world, SGI-USA offers three apps to help us advance our daily Buddhist practice. Each offers unique features and resources to support different aspects of our practice. SGI-USA App A practical, all-in-one app that supports members in their daily Buddhist practice, determinations and connection to the SGI-USA resources. • Chanting tools: Timer, stopwatch,

This series, prepared by the SGI-USA Study Department, features timeless stories in Nichiren Daishonin’s writings (also called the Gosho) that continue to offer practical wisdom for us today. Her victims numbered in the thousands. Families grieved the loss of their young ones. Parents held their children close, afraid they might be next. This was the

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