March 1, 2019, World Tribune

by Bianca Jofre Miami Two years ago, I decided to pursue a career as a clinical social worker. This meant going back to school for a master’s. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, particularly because it was important for me to win as a mother, wife, full-time employee and newly appointed district women’s leader. The

The Eternal Citadel of Soka

SGI representatives join 1,500 leaders for an international conference promoting science, art, culture and peace at the Palace of Conventions in Havana.

by Mitch Bogen Special to the Tribune Is failure really something to be feared? What is the relationship between success and failure? This task of re-envisioning failure was at the heart of the Dialogue Nights event, held on Jan. 25 at the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Themed “Failing Forward:

Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone seen or heard of winter turning back to autumn. Nor have we ever heard of a believer in the Lotus Sutra who turned into an ordinary person. The sutra reads,

With “home visits” and “personal encouragement” as the bywords for the SGI-USA in 2019, this new 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 Kevin MoncriefSGI-USA Men’s Leader I recently met with a district men’s leader in Oakland, California.

WESTON, Fla.—One hundred and ninety-three youth representatives from the U.S., Canada and New Zealand confirmed the spirit and significance of studying SGI President Ikeda’s 30-volume lifetime work, The New Human Revolution, at the North America and Oceania Study Conference, led by SGI Vice Study Leader Nobuo Fukase. The conference, held Feb. 1–4 at the Florida

The full text of SGI President Ikeda’s 2019 Peace Proposal “Toward a New Era of Peace and Disarmament: A People-Centered Approach” is available at daisakuikeda.org. Or listen to the audio here In it, President Ikeda stresses urgent action toward disarmament and calls on young people to resist feelings of resignation and “meet the severe challenges