March 1, 2019, World Tribune - World Tribune

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Feature

Spreading the Great Light of Human Revolution

“As long as suffering and misery exist anywhere on our planet, we must continue to weave with rich color and bold creativity the magnificent tapestry of human victory that is kosen-rufu. That is why our mentor-disciple journey to realize the great vow for kosen-rufu will continue forever.” —SGI President Ikeda, from the afterword to The

Experience

Winning Based on a Vow for Kosen-rufu

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

Feature

Learning from The New Human Revolution

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

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Expanding the “Spiritual Bridge to the New Century”

SGI representatives join 1,500 leaders for an international conference promoting science, art, culture and peace at the Palace of Conventions in Havana. I am just a private citizen, but with courage and action, I would like to change the divisions between peoples and nations into unity. I wish to do my utmost to open the

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Re-envisioning Failure

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:

New Members Meeting

Winter Never Fails to Turn to Spring

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,

Home Visit Revolution

Hey Buddha, Tell Me About Yourself

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 Moncrief SGI-USA Men’s Leader I recently met with a district men’s leader in Oakland,

Peace Proposal

2019 Peace Proposal

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. In it, President Ikeda stresses urgent action toward disarmament and calls on young people to resist feelings of resignation and “meet the severe challenges of our age as agents of

The Eternal Citadel of Soka

Youth Are the Future

This essay appeared in the Nov. 5, 2018, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. I still vividly remember a particular autumn day in Shinanomachi, Tokyo (in October 1990). Together with precious friends of the youth division, we warmly welcomed Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), the invincible South African champion of human rights who