March 13, 2020, World Tribune

How taking action for the happiness of others helped me find meaning in my mother’s passing. by Kyler Nicholas Canton, Mich. The year after I graduated from high school, my maternal grandfather died tragically, leaving my grandmother alone on a large ranch in Arkansas. Out of sympathy for my grandmother, and as an excuse to

This article is adapted from An Introduction to Buddhism, pp. 40–45, which serves as the study material for the upcoming SGI-USA Introductory Exam, to be held April 26 and 27 throughout the nation. Some of our problems and sufferings are caused by actions and decisions we have made in this life. But for others we

In the brisk morning air on March 16, 1958, 6,000 youth gathered at the foot of Mount Fuji with second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, who envisioned the occasion as a dress rehearsal for kosen-rufu. President Toda, though battling severe illness, spoke powerfully: “Today, I want to bequeath this mission to you young people. I

PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE ARAIZA, NANCY ANDRADE, NORIKO KAKUSHO, LOGAN LITTRELL, ETHAN GELBAUM, YOONSUNG JUNG, HOSS MCBAIN, RAYNA M. TEDFORD, JOLIE TEA-TANIGUCHI, JONATHAN YOUNG

Based on the “2020 Roadmap to Victory,” in March, we will continue our propagation focus while gathering youth division members and guests for chapter-level March Youth Discussion Meetings, themed “One Youth. Infinite Hope.” (from March 7 to 15). SGI President IkedaAddressing the Challenges of American Youth The following topics are prevalent issues youth face today,

by Bethany Davis32 years oldCave Springs, Ark. One day in 2013, my brother was found unresponsive after overdosing. My dad and I chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo for him, as if our own lives depended on it. No one thought he was going to make it, so we were amazed when he woke up to the call of

A series of encouragement from SGI President Ikeda translated from the Jan. 1, 2019, issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly newspaper for the junior high and high school divisions. Happy New Year! My dear friends of the future division, I am warmly watching over you and praying that you’ll be able