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The following are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the Fifth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting held at the Tokyo Makiguchi Memorial Hall in Tokyo in March 2007. Video footage of the speech was broadcast during the 12th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial held on on Jan. 7, 2023. The excerpts were

Summoning courage, I discover my passion for discussing Buddhism with young people.

The energy of the February Campaign also inspired the development of our organization in Kansai, which grew into a great people’s movement heralding the dawn of the effort to realize Nichiren Daishonin’s vision of building a better society.  There was a book that my fellow Kansai members and I cherished as an unforgettable treasure. It

This has been a particularly harsh and snowy winter in Japan. Nichiren Daishonin writes, “I feel the eight cold hells in my life now” (“Aspiration for the Buddha Land,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 213). Having endured many bitter winters himself, he understood the difficulties his disciples faced.  Praising the seeking spirit

The World Tribune spoke with Andrea Bartoli, Ph.D., an international conflict resolution expert, about his thoughts on the war between Russia and Ukraine, the use of violence in conflicts and his belief that peace is possible. He currently teaches at Seton Hall University, is a visiting fellow at the Columbia University’s Advanced Consortium on Cooperation,

During the last weekend of March, the youth division will hold general meetings across SGI-USA themed “Redefining Joy Amid the Times.” The meetings will celebrate March 16, Kosen-rufu Day, the day second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda entrusted the youth division with the future of kosen-rufu in March 1958 (see p. 8). “The March youth general

Happy New Year! My best wishes to you in the coming year. There was a subject second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda often spoke about as if passing on a solemn legacy to his successors. That subject was courage. He once gave this clear-cut guidance: The essence of Buddhism is compassion. We, too, need to

Nichiren Daishonin tells [his disciple] Yasaburo, “You must simply make up your mind” (“Reply to Yasaburo,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 829). Once we decide to take on a challenge, we must approach it with the determination to win. When facing an opponent, it is easy to be defeated by our own

After nearly losing my life in a knife attack, I’ve made profound inner changes on my road to recovery.

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Soka University of America celebrates 20 years in Aliso Viejo, Calif.

Many of us may have experienced listening to someone share how they achieved something wonderful, only to be left thinking, How great for them, but I could never do something that amazing. Regarding the tendency to think less of ourselves, American philosopher Walt Whitman writes: Why what have you thought of yourself ? Is it

Ikeda Sensei’s Message

How I created a new beginning for my life based on the practice of theoneness of mentor and disciple. by Mark McOmber Salt Lake City In 1996, SGI President Ikeda came to Denver. I had the fortune of supporting his security movement and, later, attending the general meeting as a participant. At the conclusion of

Youth hold a Buddhist seminar at UCLA to mark SGI President Ikeda’s historic lecture 45 years ago. LOS ANGELES, April 1—Buddhism teaches the interconnectedness of all things—that when our inner heart changes, our environment also begins to shift. To be sure, it’s the most direct and lasting path to transforming our lives and society. Such