April 2020 Living Buddhism

Bradley YeatesAUGUSTA, GEORGIA Living Buddhism: Thank you, Bradley, for sharing your experience with us. We understand that your story actually begins a generation before you. Bradley Yeates: Yes, my story begins with my father, John Yeates, an energy pioneer. In the summer of 1955, his groundbreaking work enabled Arco, Idaho, to become the first city

One Youth. Infinite Hope. Nile Ross, 28—Artist, San FranciscoMy mother taught me: Embrace-ism, not escapism. I have no other choice but to embrace our current age, respond with solutions and use my voice for justice. Megumi Kanai, 33 —Hairstylist, HonoluluA good haircut can lift a person’s spirit. That’s why I strive to do the work

To My Friends of Each Division Engaged in Our Shared Struggle Part 5 [51] The Youth Division—Break Through Limitations as the Flag Bearers of Fresh Development!  LECTURE My mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, always had the highest hopes for young people, constantly encouraging them: “Young people’s strength lies in their burning passion.” “Youth,

PART 3: KOSEN-RUFU AND WORLD PEACE OVERVIEW OF THIS SERIES “The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace” is a three-part series that features key selections from SGI President Ikeda’s collected works, which thus far have been compiled into 150 volumes in Japanese. These selections introduce core concepts expressing the wisdom and universal message of Nichiren

In this entire country of Japan, I am the only one who has been chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. I am like the single speck of dust that marks the beginning of Mount Sumeru or the single drop of dew that spells the start of the great ocean. Probably two people, three people, ten people, a hundred people

The Ikeda Wisdom Academy is an SGI-USA youth division movement to engage youth leaders in advanced study. This month, academy members will study chapter 10 of The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life: SGI President Ikeda’s Lecture Series. While the Ikeda Wisdom Academy is a youth leaders study program, all SGI-USA members are invited

Message of appreciation From SGI-USA General Director Adin Strauss Greetings to everyone on May 3—Soka Gakkai Mother’s Day, and inauguration day for second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda and SGI President Daisaku Ikeda—a day of advancement and fresh starts. We have tremendous fortune to be alive at this significant juncture and fulfill our unique, irreplaceable

A: We do certain things every day for our physical well-being, such as eating, sleeping and maintaining our personal hygiene. Similarly, we also need a daily practice for our spiritual well-being. Our twice daily practice of gongyo raises our life condition so that we can reveal our most positive qualities to effectively tackle life’s challenges,

Nichiren Daishonin persevered in his efforts to spread the Mystic Law, overcoming a succession of persecutions in order to establish a teaching that could lead all people to absolute happiness. There are numerous examples of the drama of the oneness of mentor and disciple that unfolded between Nichiren and his disciples. This series shows how

One person awakening to their buddhahood can change the world—introducing the SGI-USA’s new, hope-filled focus. by Olivia Saito, Maya Gunaseharan and Ryo Kuroki SGI-USA Youth Leaders Message from the SGI-USA youth leaders This is a call to action from the youth of America. It is a cry from the depths of our beings to call

by SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda

Chapter Summary In 1970, the Soka Gakkai began full-fledged endeavors toward fostering a truly humane culture in society. Soka Gakkai President Shin’ichi Yamamoto was painfully aware of the recent social trend to neglect the development of the human spirit in favor of convenience and wealth. The increasingly urgent issue of environmental pollution was most symbolic

Chapter Summary Soka University opened on April 2, 1971, in Hachioji, Tokyo. Shin’ichi Yamamoto had devoted himself wholeheartedly to the task of constructing this university, a vision he inherited from his mentors, first and second Soka Gakkai Presidents Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda. Acknowledging the university’s autonomy, however, Shin’ichi did not attend the opening or

Chapter Summary On June 6, 1971, Shin’ichi Yamamoto attended an unveiling of a bronze bust of first Soka Gakkai President Makiguchi at the Seikyo Shimbun building, marking 100 years since his birth. Paying homage to this founder of the “great river of Soka,” Shin’ichi vowed: “I will render powerless the devilish nature of authority that

This installment, published in the January 22, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that Ikeda Sensei discusses in volume 15 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “By offering their lives to the Lotus Sutra, they became Buddhas.” (“On Namu,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 2, p.

Deeply committed to the education and development of children and youth, SGI President Ikeda, as the third Soka Gakkai president, established the high school division in June 1964, the junior high school division in January 1965, and the boys and girls division in September 1965—which together comprise the future division. The present generation of future

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the March 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. There is a passage from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that I think of when chanting for the health, long life, safety and security of all our precious members. It is from