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‘We Are Able to Solve This Problem’
Dr. Ira Helfand discusses nuclear disarmament with the SGI-USA student division.
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Dr. Ira Helfand discusses nuclear disarmament with the SGI-USA student division.
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This year’s student division conference at the Florida Nature and Culture Center will be joined by Dr. Ira Helfand, co-president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize. He is also on the steering committee of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which received the
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Sixty-five years after second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda founded the student division on June 30, 1957, SGI-USA members gathered for the Student Division Conference, their first at the Florida Nature and Culture Center (FNCC) in over three years. Inspired by Ikeda Sensei’s 2019 FNCC message to the student division, in which he called upon
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65 Years of the Student Division
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This month, we celebrate 65 years since second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda founded the student division on June 30, 1957. SGI-USA student division members are striving to expose their friends on campus to the power of Nichiren Buddhism to discover the great purpose of their lives. Ikeda Sensei recalled guidance from Mr. Toda on
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“With all the global conflict and crises, there couldn’t be a more crucial time to reaffirm the purpose of our movement. We need a valid, life-affirming philosophy in order to transform the reality of society,” said Peter Karuppiah, SGI-USA’s student division young men’s leader. It is in this spirit that the SGI-USA student division will
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by Amelia Gonzalez and Peter Karuppiah SGI-USA Student Division Leaders Commemorating Sept. 26, 1991, the day Ikeda Sensei delivered his first lecture at Harvard University, over 500 student division members, guests and high school seniors gathered virtually 30 years later, for the biannual student division lecture. Leading up to the virtual meeting, a lecture on
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2021 Fall Semester Student Division Study Lecture
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Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei
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A report on the nationwide student division lecture.
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As we prepare to go out into the world, how do we use our Buddhist practice to address these times of great uncertainty—from joblessness and hopelessness to the climate crisis, social injustices and more? SGI-USA student division members from across the country will discuss this salient topic at their spring semester lecture, which will be
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To My Friends of Each Division Engaged in Our Shared Struggle [50]
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NEW YORK, April 12—Columbia University’s SGI-USA campus club, Buddhism for Global Peace, hosted the student seminar “Buddhist Solutions for Real Life: When We Change, the World Changes.” SGI-USA Young Men’s Leader Ryo Kuroki, who served as the keynote speaker, introduced the concept of human revolution as the key to transforming our lives and the world.
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Youth hold a Buddhist seminar at UCLA to mark SGI President Ikeda’s historic lecture 45 years ago.