July 2022 Living Buddhism - World Tribune

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Monthly Message

Engaging in Confident Dialogue Like Our Founding President

Nichiren Daishonin writes, “If the [source] is inexhaustible, the stream will never run dry” (“Flowering and Bearing Grain,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 909). It is the Soka Gakkai’s unsurpassed honor to have an everlasting source in its founding spirit. June is the birth month of our founder and first president Tsunesaburo

Feature

The Buddhist View on Caregiving

Caregiving for an elderly family member is a great responsibility. Truth be told, while it can be incredibly rewarding, it can also be extremely challenging at times. In this issue, we interview SGI-USA members about their caregiving experiences, and include guidance from Ikeda Sensei’s book On Health and Long Life to those undertaking this important

Buddhability

Can people really change who they are?

“Are people born wicked or do they have wickedness thrust upon them?” rings in your ear listening to Wicked: The Musical soundtrack. Or, while bingeing Killing Eve, the question of whether people can actually change is a constant thought. Probably since the beginning of time, people have questioned whether their personality is predestined or if

Fundamentals

The Joy of Encountering a Mentor

“Moreover, it is extremely difficult to meet a person who expounds this sutra exactly as the sutra directs. It is even more difficult than for a one-eyed turtle to find a piece of floating sandalwood, or for someone to hang Mount Sumeru from the sky with the fiber from a lotus stem.” (“Letter to the

Experience

Infusing My Work With the Buddha’s Life State

Seeking my mentor, I strive to build the Buddha land as an architect for kosen-rufu. I’m Wayne Thomas from Los Angeles.

Comic

Having a Mentor in One’s Heart

Our History

July 3: The Proud Day of Lions

In the summer of 1957, the 29-year-old Ikeda Sensei stood up to the Yubari Coal Miners’ Association and the Osaka City Prosecutors Office. These entities felt their authority threatened by the people’s movement of the Soka Gakkai and took steps to make members abandon their faith and dismantle the organization. Recalling these events, Sensei wrote:

Enduring Dialogues

Knowing Our Worth

Conversations on Energy and Sustainability Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker and daisaku ikeda

Ikeda Wisdom Academy

Vibrant Chanting Opens the Great Path to Absolute Victory

The Ikeda Wisdom Academy is an SGI-USA youth leaders advanced study movement. While the following material is for this study program, all SGI-USA members can read the following excerpts as part of their personal study of The Teachings for Victory, volume 2, by Ikeda Sensei. Chapter 8 “King Rinda” Ikeda Sensei discusses how to effectively

District Meeting

District Study Meeting Material-July 2022

The study material below is adapted from The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace by Ikeda Sensei. You can purchase the revised edition of part one at bookstore.sgi-usa.org. OPTION #1: Be a Shining Presence Like the Sun—Part 2 [6.6] Chapter 6: The Principle of ‘Cherry, Plum, Peach and Damson’ In Discussions on Youth, Ikeda Sensei talks

District Meeting

District Discussion Meeting Material–July 2022

Living Buddhism provides three options to be used as study material for the monthly discussion meetings. Option #1: Presentation on a Buddhist term (also available online).Option #2: Ikeda Sensei’s guidance on a Buddhist concept.Option #3: Study material on a passage from Nichiren’s writings. You can choose one of these topics to discuss at your monthly

Peace Proposal

The Wisdom of Buddhist Humanism

Excerpts From Ikeda Sensei’s Annual Peace Proposals: Abolishing the Evil of Nuclear Weapons

Buddhism of the Sun

Advancing on the Great Path of Kosen-rufu With Unwavering Lifelong Courage

Ikeda Sensei’s Lecture Series—Installment 78

Profiles

On the Cover—July 2022

Highlighting SGI-USA members from Northern California applying Buddhism to daily life.