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Young people’s take on why they engage in the important practice of Buddhist dialogue.
by Erin Harris and Shu Matsuoka SGI-USA future division young women’s and young men’s leaders Toward 2030: Triumphantly Marching Toward New Heights of Victory!”—this was the theme that the 12 members of the national junior high and high school (JHHS) planning board chose for the Junior High and High School Conference, held June 21–24 at Soka
SoCal-Pacific Territory’s first Soka Family Day at Soka University of America inspires future division members to have a dream.
At the Central Executive Committee Conference, representative leaders discuss creating a wave of joy in the Summer of Shakubuku and rooting ourselves in our communities toward 2030.
by James HerrmannSGI-USA MEN’S Leader In January 2022, the SGI-USA men’s division reported to Ikeda Sensei that we established a safety and security group. On that occasion, he sent a congratulatory message and stated the purpose of the group: You are vigilantly safeguarding our SGI centers, the treasure castles of our communities, for the sake
Raising future leaders with the readiness to protect others.
On raising the generation that will carry our mentor’s spirit into the 22nd century and beyond.
Why youth are engaging in the May Commemorative Contribution activity.
When the San Francisco Giants unveiled a nine-foot bronze statue of Orlando Cepeda at its stadium in September 2008, it showed him standing tall, a dignified bearing, his gaze on the future. That is, perhaps, the best metaphor for the storied life of the National Baseball Hall of Fame honoree and 11-time All Star, affectionately
by Mitch BogenSpecial to the Tribune On May 10, the Ikeda Center hosted a multigenerational forum devoted to the cause of education for nuclear disarmament. With speakers and discussants ranging from student activists to veteran figures in the global disarmament movement, the event kindled fresh hope for a future free of nuclear weapons. The
The Rev. James Lawson, the leading nonviolence theorist and tactician of the American Civil Rights Movement, passed away on June 9 in Los Angeles. He was 95. In the 1950s, he spent three years in India as a Methodist missionary and studied Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence. He returned to the U.S. to attend graduate
SAN ANTONIO, MAY 9, 2024—San Antonio’s city council invited a local SGI-USA representative to lead the invocation at the start of their regular meeting. An invocation is a sermon, prayer or moment of reflection to provide wisdom and unite attendees at the start of an event. The meeting was led by San Antonio Mayor Ron
The following is a summary of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech at the Second Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial, held at the Kansai Toda Memorial Auditorium in Toyonaka City, Osaka, April 13, 2024. It was translated from the April 21, 2024, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Congratulations
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
Ikeda Sensei writes: Wherever youth gather, where they grow and develop, there are always songs. … Soka Gakkai songs and the songs of kosen-rufu created by our members around the world pulse with the spirit of mentor and disciple and express a wish for peace and human happiness. (Aug. 18, 2023, World Tribune, p. 3)
The Buddhist Bookcast is a new podcast series, offering quick reviews of SGI-USA books from World Tribune Press and Middleway Press. In this first episode, SGI-USA Women’s Leader Naoko Leslie offers insights into the latest book, The Immeasureable Power of Prayer, a compilation of lectures from Daisaku Ikeda’s “The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World”
A Compilation of Ikeda Sensei’s Series of Lectures on Nichiren Daishonin’s Writings
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