August 2020 Living Buddhism

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the July 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. My journey of mentor and disciple began with Nichiren Daishonin’s treatise “On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land.” At a discussion meeting two years after the close of

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

The Mentor-Disciple Relationship and the Journey of Kosen-rufu

by SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda

Chapter Summary On February 2, 1974, Shin’ichi Yamamoto visited Okinawa for the seventh time, his first since the islands had been returned to Japan after 27 years under U.S. administrative control. On February 3, Shin’ichi traveled to Ishiga-kijima, one of the Yaeyama Islands. While there, he participated in a photo session with local members, donated

Chapter Summary On March 7, 1974, Shin’ichi Yamamoto departed for a guidance trip that would take him to North and South America. Unable to receive his visa to enter Brazil, however, he was suddenly forced to cancel his visit there, and he quickly made new plans to visit Panama. Shin’ichi arrived in Panama on the

Chapter Summary On March 28, 1974, Shin’ichi Yamamoto departed from Peru bound for Los Angeles, with a brief layover in Mexico. On March 29, he talked with representative youth division members and young interpreters at the Malibu Training Center. On April 1, Shin’ichi delivered a lecture at the University of California Los Angeles, titled “Toward

Chapter Summary After returning to Japan, Shin’ichi Yamamoto attended the Nagano Prefecture General Meeting on April 26. On April 28, he traveled to Ishikawa Prefecture for a general meeting commemorating 20 years of kosen-rufu in the Hokuriku Region. Around this time, progress was being made by the Soka Gakkai Youth Division Antiwar Publishing Committee to

This installment, published in the May 20, 2020, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that Ikeda Sensei discusses in volume 19 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “Never seek this Gohonzon outside yourself. The Gohonzon exists only within the mortal flesh of us ordinary people who embrace the

A: Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the primary practice of Nichiren Buddhism. It activates the power inherent in ourselves and all phenomena. Gongyo is the secondary practice, which consists of reciting portions of the Lotus Sutra’s “Expedient Means” and “Life Span of the Thus Come One” chapters, coupled with chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Doing gongyo is our declaration to

“By joyfully chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and sharing Buddhism with others, we connect our lives with that of the Buddha, function as the Buddha’s emissaries and live as Bodhisattvas of the Earth. In other words, through this practice of faith for the sake of self and others alike, the power of the Buddha wells up within us

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Purpose of Buddhist Study

If someone is about to kill your father and mother, shouldn’t you try to warn them? If a bad son who is insane with drink is threatening to kill his father and mother, shouldn’t you try to stop him? If some evil person is about to set fire to the temples and pagodas, shouldn’t you

Toward a Century of Health: The Wisdom for Leading a Long Life of Good Fortune and Benefit—Part 3 [55]