Feature
The Emergence of 10,000 Youthful Bodhisattvas!
A report on the March Youth General Meetings.
In this issue
Experience
It’s Never Too Late
My Buddhist practice has taught me that no matter what happens, I can always choose to begin again.
Encouragement
Lives Shining With Noble Brilliance
All the beings of the Ten Worlds … can attain Buddhahood in their present form. [This is an incomparably greater wonder than] fire being produced by a stone taken from the bottom of a river, or a lantern lighting up a place that has been dark for a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand years.
Encouragement
Bringing Flowers of Dialogue, Capable People and Benefit to Bloom
Our Journey of Mentor and Disciple Shining With Hope and Victory
Brief Guidances
Advancing With Good Friends Is the Buddha Way
Life Lessons
New Members Meeting
Why do we always emphasize the benefits we gain through Buddhist practice?
It’s human to want things. We look and work for what we think will bring us joy or make life easier and better. We also find satisfaction in achieving, learning or mastering something that holds value for us. The desire to improve our circumstances is what motivated many of us to take up the practice
Soka University of America
Sowing the Seeds of Soka Education
March 28—Motivated by a desire to learn more about pursuing higher education at Soka University of America, over 1,000 elementary and junior high school division members, as well as their families and supporters, joined a virtual nationwide webinar hosted by the SGI-USA future division. Ikeda Sensei established SUA’s undergraduate program in 2001 in Aliso Viejo,
Many Treasures Group
I was an SGI-USA leader for a long time, but now, as a general member, I’m wondering how I can best contribute.
The life of each of us is like a canvas. What kind of picture do we paint there? We don’t have to be a celebrity or a genius. What’s important is to fill our canvas in our own style and to our own satisfaction, depicting the brilliant drama of a life devoted to our own