August 2, 2019, World Tribune

How courageous action in faith created momentum and power. by Anthony Stone TAMPA, FLA. Growing up in a family that practiced Nichiren Buddhism, I enjoyed SGI activities for many years. After graduating into the men’s division in 2013, I began working graveyard shifts, and my practice suffered. I thought being a “good” husband and father

SGI members worldwide are earnestly studying SGI President Ikeda’s novel The New Human Revolution to eternalize the mentor’s teachings and transmit them to future generations. To that end, the World Tribune has begun reprinting President Ikeda’s essays from “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution.” This essay was originally published in the April 1, 1998, issue

To the youth of the SGI-USA, who, like the brilliant rising sun, are even more cheerfully and bravely spreading the humanistic teachings of Buddhism! I offer heartfelt congratulations to you for generating fresh waves of victory with your Youth Discussion Meetings during July, which we celebrate as the significant month of youth and the month

Learning how to handle my child rejecting me by Mary Widdicks Special to The Washington Post When my middle child was born, I loved him instantly. This tiny creature had my heart from his first breath. When he was barely a year old, I got pregnant with my daughter, and around that time, my baby

TOKYO, July 3—To commemorate Mentor and Disciple Day, a day of justice in the history of the Soka Gakkai, SGI President and Mrs. Ikeda visited the Tokyo Makiguchi Memorial Hall and performed a solemn gongyo filled with determination. This visit was reported in the July 4 Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. They chanted

“At first only Nichiren chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, but then two, three, and a hundred followed, chanting and teaching others. Propagation will unfold this way in the future as well. Does this not signify ‘emerging from the earth’?” “The True Aspect of All Phenomena,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 385 Kosen-rufu—the spread and establishment

With “home visits” and “personal encouragement” as the bywords for the SGI-USA in 2019, this World Tribune series features SGI-USA leaders who discuss their personal experiences of being home visited, home visiting others and the lessons they’ve learned. by David Witkowski SGI-USA Vice Youth Leader A young man I was supporting years ago had been