Encouragement
The Song of Human Victory
Our Brilliant Human Revolution
The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the June 30, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Today, June 30, is the 65th anniversary of the student division, a proud gathering of young Bodhisattvas Universal Worthy—people of broad-ranging wisdom. This year is also the 60th anniversary of the start
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Dynamic progress in human revolution begins with the fierce courage to surmount hardships. Amid unrelenting persecution while in exile on Sado Island, Nichiren Daishonin called out to Shijo Kingo: “Bring forth the great power of faith, and be spoken of by all the people of Kama-kura, both high and low, or by all the people
Encouragement
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Nichiren Daishonin writes, “If the [source] is inexhaustible, the stream will never run dry” (“Flowering and Bearing Grain,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 909). It is the Soka Gakkai’s unsurpassed honor to have an everlasting source in its founding spirit. June is the birth month of our founder and first president Tsunesaburo
Our Brilliant Human Revolution
The following new essay by Ikeda Sensei was published in the May 24, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Time is nothing other than the mystic rhythm of cosmic life. Hence, when we chant and spread the Mystic Law, our lives will accord with the time, and time will be on
Encouragement
Ascending a New Summit of Kosen-rufu Together
Encouragement
Ascending a New Summit of Kosen-rufu Together
Buddhism of the Sun
Ikeda Sensei’s Lecture Series—Installment 77
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“Start anew with a fresh spirit!”—that’s the message I imparted to our Soka Gakkai Sports Division members. Whatever your present condition, the key is to always start anew and tackle the next challenge with a fresh spirit. We have the writings of Nichiren Daishonin, who teaches that it is our heart or spirit that is
Encouragement
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.
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First, allow me to congratulate the new women’s division in Japan on the great success of their first district-level general meetings being held this month. Tonight will be a full moon. Whether or not it is visible, I hope you will applaud and commend one another with smiles as bright as the beaming moon. As
Buddhism of the Sun
Ikeda Sensei’s Lecture Series—Installment 76: “On the Treasure Tower”—Awaken to Your Inner Treasure!
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In “The Parable of the Medicinal Herbs,” the fifth chapter of the Lotus Sutra, we find the beautiful expression “human flowers” (The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Sutras, p. 142). I recall my conversation with South Africa’s great humanitarian leader Nelson Mandela, after welcoming him with 500 youth. I told him about this
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As the anniversary of the death of our mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, approaches [on April 2], I hear his voice in my mind—words spoken during an interview for a Tohoku Broadcasting radio program in 1955. I was present at the recording. “Our aim,” he said, “is to join hands and advance
Our Brilliant Human Revolution
The energy of the February Campaign also inspired the development of our organization in Kansai, which grew into a great people’s movement heralding the dawn of the effort to realize Nichiren Daishonin’s vision of building a better society. There was a book that my fellow Kansai members and I cherished as an unforgettable treasure. It
Buddhism of the Sun
Ikeda Sensei’s Lecture Series—Installment 75: ‘Letter to the Brothers’—The Soka Gakkai Tradition of ‘Faith for Overcoming Obstacles’
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As human beings, we cannot be more than human beings, nor do we need to be. Nichiren Daishonin opened the way for all human beings, just as they are, to shine their brightest, with supreme nobility, dignity and humanity. Praising Sage Nichimyo, a disciple and single mother who, amid troubled times, sincerely supported her fellow
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It was here in Kanagawa, a place with which I share a deep connection, that I inscribed the two calligraphic works “Justice” and “Shared Struggle” in May 1979 [immediately after stepping down as third Soka Gakkai president]. Who were the first people I showed them to? It was the youth, my beloved young disciples. We
Our Brilliant Human Revolution
This has been a particularly harsh and snowy winter in Japan. Nichiren Daishonin writes, “I feel the eight cold hells in my life now” (“Aspiration for the Buddha Land,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 213). Having endured many bitter winters himself, he understood the difficulties his disciples faced. Praising the seeking spirit
