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by Mitch Bogen Special to the Tribune The most crucial element of dialogue, listening, is also the most difficultto practice. This was the focus at the most recent Ikeda Center Dialogue Nights, called “The Courage to Listen: What It Means and Why It Matters.” Held on Friday, Sept. 23, this second Dialogue Nights since the

Adapted from an article in the Sept. 1, 2022, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Ikeda Sensei sent a condolence message on the passing of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who died in Moscow on Aug. 30, 2022, at 91. The two men first met at the Kremlin in Moscow in

Conversations on Energy and Sustainability Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker and Daisaku Ikeda

The following new essay by Ikeda Sensei was published in the May 24, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Time is nothing other than the mystic rhythm of cosmic life. Hence, when we chant and spread the Mystic Law, our lives will accord with the time, and time will be on

What we might consider a conversation and a dialogue are poles apart.

Ikeda Sensei’s wide-ranging discussions with British historian Arnold J. Toynbee, published in book form as Choose Life, paved the way for his dialogues with other leading thinkers around the world. To watch a video on their encounters, visit daisakuikeda.org.

The following are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the 20th SGI General Meeting, held jointly with the 21st Century Hyogo Hope General Meeting, at the Hyogo Ikeda Culture Center in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 17, 1995, nine months after the devastating Kobe earthquake of Jan. 17. They were translated from the Feb. 16,

The World Tribune spoke with Washington D.C. Region Many Treasures Group leaders Pat Henry, Blake Lange and Troy Roots about their ongoing efforts to hold Many Treasures Group Zoom meetings during the pandemic and care for their members. World Tribune: It is a pleasure to speak to you today about the Many Treasures Group activities

My warmest congratulations to you all on the Sixth Headquarters Leaders Meeting, where we set forth in achieving dynamic progress with youthful hearts toward our centennial. … This May 5 marks the 50th anniversary of the start of Ikeda Sensei’s dialogue with Arnold J. Toynbee, considered by many to be the preeminent historian of the

It’s not news that different generations struggle to see eye-to-eye. Young people are known for seeking to pave new paths in society that reflect the youthful ideals of justice, freedom and equality, while older generations, though sympathetic to those ideals, often prefer to protect established traditions for the security they promise. This age-old, perhaps natural,

1/25 60th Anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s Acquittal in the Osaka Incident[1] 1/27 60th Anniversary of the Institute of Oriental Philosophy’s Establishment 1/29-2/29 70th Anniversary of the Kamata Campaign[2] 5/5 50th Anniversary of the First Dialogue Between Sensei and British Historian Arnold J. Toynbee 6/30 65th Anniversary of the Student Division’s Founding 8/14 75th Anniversary of

“Daisaku Ikeda: Arnold J. Toynbee and the Power of Dialogue,” a new 5-minute video highlighting Ikeda Sensei’s wide-ranging discussion with British historian Arnold J. Toynbee, is now available ondaisakuikeda.org/ or by clicking this link. The dialogue, which was published in book form as Choose Life, paved the way for Sensei’s dialogues with other leading intellectuals

I would like to offer my deepest sympathies to our members around the world struggling in the wake of various natural disasters, including in western Japan, which recently suffered devastating torrential rains. As Nichiren Daishonin indicates in his treatise “On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land,” torrential rains, along with epidemics,

Concept #6: Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land

In this year celebrating the 800th anniversary of Nichiren Daishonin’s birth,[1] I am reminded of his profound connections to Tokyo, an area then known as part of Musashi Province and the Musashino Plain. The Daishonin likened the Lotus Sutra’s assembly in the air—where innumerable Bodhisattvas of the Earth vow to carry out kosen-rufu in the

In their captivating new book, Creating the Culture of Peace: A Clarion Call for Individual and Collective Transformation, Daisaku Ikeda and former U.N. Under-Secretary-General Anwarul K. Chowdhury discuss key challenges that face our planet while recognizing the empowerment that comes from such tribulations of life. The book is available at bookstore.sgi-usa.org for $22.95. The following

A Clarion Call for Individual and Collective Transformation—Anwarul K. Chowdhury and Daisaku Ikeda

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Conversations on Hope, Freedom, and Democracy—Vincent Harding and Daisaku Ikeda

“To have faith in the promise of dialogue is to believe in the promise of humanity.”