Ikeda Sensei gave the following speech on Feb. 20, 1990, at an SGI-USA youth training meeting in Malibu, California. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, pp. 53–57. Nichiren Buddhism teaches the importance of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with faith in the Gohonzon in order to transform our
Ikeda Sensei gave the following speech at a meeting in Nagano, Japan, Aug. 6, 2005. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, pp. 31–33. Happiness is a function of our state of mind. This is why the Soka Gakkai movement, which embraces the philosophy that “it
Ikeda Sensei gave the following speech at an SGI-Canada general meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Oct. 1, 1993. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, pp. 29–31. Nichiren Buddhism teaches that inherent in the lives of all people is the life state of Buddhahood, which
The following are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting held at the Soka International Friendship Hall in Tokyo, on July 16, 2003. Video footage of the speech was broadcast during the Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting on April 12, 2025. The excerpts were translated from the April 28, 2025,
There is a pond that each spring turns into a flowered mirror. Cherry blossoms scatter petal by petal, wafting gently onto the water’s surface like delicately scented silk scarves. To the koi carp in the pond, the fluttering petals must look like clouds billowing across the sky. Such musings made me think the pink petals
Ikeda Sensei gave the following speech on Feb. 6, 1994, at a Soka Gakkai Thailand general meeting in Bangkok. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, pp. 1–5. Ikeda Sensei’s conception of happiness is an inspiring teaching for all, imparting courage to those overwhelmed by suffering
Part 13:‘The Life Span of the Thus Come One’ Chapter—Part 3 of 3 Praying Each Day and Working to Build a World of Happiness Embodying the Words This, My Land, Remains Safe and Tranquil
Kosen-rufu is a struggle to spread the Lotus Sutra so that all people in the evil age of the Latter Day of the Law can attain enlightenment. Obstacles and devilish forces of every imaginable kind are sure to assail the votaries of the Lotus Sutra who take up this challenge. In particular, the three powerful
The widespread propagation of the Mystic Law in the Latter Day—this is the great vow expressed in the Lotus Sutra, representing not only the individual wish of Shakyamuni but the shared aspiration of Many Treasures Thus Come One and all Buddhas and bodhisattvas throughout the ten directions and three existences. In the three pronouncements of
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