This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the SGI-USA. The following is an excerpt of his speech given at the SGI-USA Executive Conference in San Francisco, March 17, 1993. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, pp. 294–301. Patiently Constructing a Solid Self The
This following excerpts are from a speech Sensei gave at the New York Culture Center, New York, on June 15, 1996. It can be found in My Dear Friends in America, new edition, pp. 458–71. My friends in New York, you have grown magnificently. Your organization today is truly outstanding. You have won over everything!
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 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 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 is from a speech by Ikeda Sensei at the opening of the Swedish Culture Center in Stockholm, Sweden, June 3, 1989. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, chapter 14, installment 3, pp. 102–05. Ikeda Sensei outlines the fundamental spirit for practicing Nichiren Buddhism—being
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
This lecture series was originally published as part of “The Teachings for Victory” in the January through June 2011 Living Buddhism. This is the continuation of Part 1.1 in the October Living Buddhism. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo Will Spread Widely in the Latter Day Question: Is there no way to determine them [i.e., the time and the capacity
Message from the General Director Now Is the Time to Study ‘The Selection of the Time’ It was the early 1950s in Japan—a time when the country was still struggling to get back on its feet in the aftermath of World War II and its disastrous effects on the everyday lives of ordinary people. Debates
Delve into the epic, serialized novel, which chronicles in 30 volumes the history of the Soka Gakkai and serves as a record of its modern development.
