March 2019 Living Buddhism

Aditya Negi Chicago Living Buddhism: Thank you, Aditya, for sharing your experience with us! Starting in January, members around the world embarked on a fresh journey to deeply study SGI President Ikeda’s serialized novel The New Human Revolution. Can you recall a passage that has encouraged you to break through your struggles? Aditya Negi: Yes, in

[38] Buddhism Is a Compass for a Life Brimming With Joy LECTURE June is the birth month of founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi. He once said: “The most important thing in life is to have a clear sense of purpose. This cannot be achieved without faith.” This was a warning to us not to

PART 3: KOSEN-RUFU AND WORLD PEACE OVERVIEW OF THIS SERIES “The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace” is a three-part series that features key selections from SGI President Ikeda’s collected works, which thus far have been compiled into 150 volumes in Japanese. These selections introduce core concepts expressing the wisdom and universal message of Nichiren

This guidance is from section 24.9 of “The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace” series, published in the September 2017 Living Buddhism, pp. 59–60. In August 53 years ago (in 1947), I became a disciple of second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda. Soon after joining the Soka Gakkai, I read Nichiren Daishonin’s writing “On Practicing

The Ikeda Wisdom Academy is an SGI-USA youth division movement to engage youth leaders in advanced study. Starting in March, a new cycle of the academy will begin, focusing on study of On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime: SGI President Ikeda’s Lecture Series. This month, academy members will study chapters 1 and 2 of this

The following article is the third in a five-part series describing the events leading up to April 24, 1979, when Daisaku Ikeda stepped down as third Soka Gakkai president to protect the members from the perverse machinations of the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood, which sought to wrest control of the lay organization. This incident came to

A: In Mahayana Buddhism, having a seeking spirit is the starting point of Buddhist practice. The mind to seek enlightenment, Buddhahood or Buddha wisdom is called the “aspiration for enlightenment.” No matter how long we have engaged in our Buddhist practice, our efforts to keep seeking out the correct way to practice and refresh our

Nichiren Daishonin persevered in his efforts to spread the Mystic Law, overcoming a succession of persecutions in order to establish a teaching that could lead all people to absolute happiness. There are numerous examples of the oneness of mentor and disciple that unfolded between Nichiren and his disciples. This series showcases how his disciples took

“In . . . the Lotus Sutra, the Bodhisattvas of the Earth emerge dynamically from the earth. Their number is likened to 60,000 times the grains of sand of the Ganges River. This brilliant array of innumerable Bodhisattvas of the Earth, each leading equally innumerable retinues of followers, appears from the depths of the earth.”—SGI

by SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda

Chapter Summary After departing Hong Kong, Shin’ichi Yamamoto shared with his fellow leaders his plans to form a general chapter in Asia. Sensing everyone’s surprise, he said, “First, we have to create a vision and then think of how to go about realizing it” (The New Human Revolution, vol. 3, revised edition, p. 68). He

Chapter Summary After burying the commemorative items, the party took a second walk through the temple grounds. Seeing places related to Shakyamuni Buddha, Shin’ichi Yamamoto’s thoughts turned to the life of this great sage who illuminated humankind with the vibrant light of his being. Shakyamuni was born as a prince of the Shakyas (a small

Chapter Summary The following morning, Shin’ichi Yamamoto and his fellow leaders went to the banks of the Ganges River where they had a spontaneous and heartwarming exchange with children living under the pressing weight of poverty. Shin’ichi thought about Josei Toda’s earnest wish for the peace and prosperity of all people, and felt the weight

This installment, published in the December 19, 2018, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that SGI President Ikeda discussed in volume 3 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “The moon moves from the west eastward, a sign of how the Buddhism of India spread in an easterly direction.