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How Meeting Others Has Changed Me
Meet some of the youth leading the charge toward the chapter-led March Youth Peace Festivals.
by SGI-USA youth leaders Amelia Gonzalez Tesch and Shota Okajima On March 30, we celebrate the 70th anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s appointment as youth division chief of staff. Although he was just 26, it marked the time when he took on a more central role in the Soka Gakkai’s development. In his diary, he wrote
The SGI-USA will hold its first introductory exam of 2024 on April 13–14. This will also be the first exam on new introductory material and will be offered in English and Spanish. Here is everything you need to know to get started! ELIGIBILITY This exam is for all new members, and everyone who has not
Learning from the passion of the SGI-USA youth.
To illustrate the rarity of encountering the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni likened it to a one-eyed turtle finding, in the vastness of the ocean, a floating sandalwood log with a suitable hollow to warm its belly and coolits back. Nichiren Daishonin noted that “it is rarer still to find the hollow of the Mystic Law of
The SGI-USA will hold its first introductory exam of 2024 on April 13–14. This exam is for all new members, and everyone who has not taken or passed the Introductory Exam in previous years. Guests are more than welcome to take the exam as well! This will be the first exam on a new introductory
WESTON, Fla.—When the new Ikeda Hall exhibition “Daisaku Ikeda and America” opened on Jan. 20 at the Florida Nature and Culture Center (FNCC) in Weston, Florida, the members saw this significant element in the 60-year advancement of the SGI-USA: themselves. The exhibition takes viewers through six decades of the kosen-rufu movement in the U.S. in
Toward the March Youth Peace Festivals, the SGI-USA youth coined the motto “Advance With 10 Friends.” This was based on Ikeda Sensei’s guidance, “If each of you can cultivate 10 genuine friendships, then kosen-rufu will surely advance!” Focused on friendship and held at the chapter level, these peace festivals are about each member turning their
Michigan is on a winning streak. The University of Michigan clinched the 2023 college football championship, while the Detroit Lions won its first playoff game in 32 years. For local SGI-USA members, add to that excitement the purchase of the SGI-USA Detroit Buddhist Center, which will now serve as a permanent castle of kosen-rufu in
On Feb. 22, Soka International School Malaysia (SISM) held its grand opening ceremony at its campus in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan State, welcoming 138 students from nine countries and territories. The ceremony was attended by Ed Feasel, president of Soka University of America, Sethu Kumanan, Chairman of the Soka Ikeda College of Arts and Science for
by Mitch BogenSpecial to the Tribune Among the causes closest to the heart of Daisaku Ikeda was that of abolishing nuclear weapons. On Jan. 22, the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue furthered that cause by hosting a seminar that brought together 12 students from Soka University of America (SUA) with representatives from International
On Feb. 20, Pina Picierno, vice president of the European Parliament, hosted an event titled “Promoting Peace Through Dialogue and Human Revolution: The Life of Daisaku Ikeda” at the European Parliament in Brussels. It honored the SGI president’s life and contributions in the areas of peace, culture and education. Scan the QR code to watch
LOS ANGELES—On Feb. 1, his 87th birthday, Garrett Morris, television icon and trailblazer in the entertainment industry, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Mr. Morris was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live, and its first Black cast member. He also held starring or recurring roles in the television
The following is an excerpted version of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech at the 1st Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial Marking the Fresh Departure for a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide, held at the Toda Memorial Auditorium in Sugamo, Tokyo, Jan. 7, 2024. It was translated from the Jan. 14, 2024, issue
2024 New Year’s Message
The SGI-USA has begun posting daily guidance in the SGI-USA app to replace “To My Friends.” “Toward 2030 With Ikeda Sensei” features brief passages from The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, parts 1–3, gleaned from more than 50 years of our eternal mentor’s works, including The New Human Revolution. The SGI-USA previously planned to
Feeling like an outsider growing up, Patrick Kim began painting to express what he couldn’t say. Wanting to do the same for others, Patrick creates artwork that gives a platform to stories that are often overlooked. Patrick explains the joy he feels from making others happy, a joy that “cannot be compared.” Watch the latest
This year marks 30 years since Ikeda Sensei’s historic address at Harvard University. Watch this 18-minute video of excerpts from the speech, titled “Mahayana Buddhism and Twenty-First-Century Civilization.” The full address can be read in My Dear Friends in America and A New Way Forward. Access the video on daisakuikeda.org. November 10, 2023, World Tribune,
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