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The Soka Gakkai has diligently spread throughout the world the practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. This practice aims to tear down barriers of discrimination, hatred, self-centeredness and suffering, and enable people to develop genuine happiness based on the Lotus Sutra’s teaching of equality and respect for the dignity of all life. Soka Gakkai members have endured

The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, volume 26, “Banner of the Law” chapter, pp. 138–41. SGI President Ikeda appears in the novel as Shin’ichi Yamamoto. Josei Toda’s profound spiritual awakening in prison to the fact that he was a Bodhisattva of the Earth was a pivotal moment in the Soka Gakkai’s history.

The following is the fifth in a five-part series describing the events surrounding April 24, 1979, when Daisaku Ikeda stepped down as third Soka Gakkai president to protect the members from the perverse machinations of the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood, which sought to seize control of the lay organization. This incident came to be known as

“Although Nichiren and his followers are few, because they are different in body, but united in mind, they will definitely accomplish their great mission of widely propagating the Lotus Sutra [Nam-myoho-renge-kyo]. Though evils may be numerous, they cannot prevail over a single great truth [or good].” (“Many in Body, One in Mind,” The Writings of

In SGI President Ikeda’s message to the Nov. 16, 2018, ceremony commemorating the 88th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai’s founding on Nov. 18, he cited three passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings (see Dec. 14, 2018, World Tribune, pp. 2–3). Last month, we studied the first passage from “The Dragon Gate,” which was written during the