May 3, 2020, World Tribune

It’s spring! Cherry blossoms! In full bloom! Hope! Victory! Cherry blossoms of youth! Cherry blossoms of happiness enduring the bitter winter to bloom in profusion! I composed this poem for my young friends, shortly after the establishment of Soka University. The cherry blossoms are now celebrating all of you, the members of the future division,

by Erica Kondo Assistant Chief Financial Officer On behalf of the SGI-USA, thank you very much for your sincere financial offerings to support the organization. Because of your dedicated efforts, we have accomplished many significant milestones toward the expansion of our kosen-rufu movement in America. Given the rapidly evolving situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, we

[The Contemplation on the Mind-Ground Sutra states:] “If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. And if you want to understand what results will be manifested in the future, look at the causes that exist in the present.” From “The

Words and writing . . . are the medium through which [the] inseparable factors of the mental and physical makeup of all living beings are revealed. From “Questions and Answers on the Various Schools” (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 2, p. 18). Through the written word, people can find precious value that benefits them,