July 2022 Living Buddhism - World Tribune

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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

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

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 Brothers,”

Profiles

On the Cover—July 2022

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

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.

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

Chapter 8 “King Rinda” Ikeda Sensei discusses how to effectively and powerfully chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to relieve suffering, unlock our life force and dynamically invigorate society. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the ultimate law of the universe, the fundamental rhythm of life itself. Through the practice of chanting, we can bring forth our inner Buddhahood and increase the splendor

District Meeting

District Study Meeting Material

District Meeting

District Discussion Meeting Material

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

Comic

Having a Mentor in One’s Heart