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The following is from a speech at a Rio de Janeiro general meeting in Brazil on Feb. 13, 1993. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, chapter 1, installment 2, pp. 5–9. How, in the face of the sufferings of birth, aging, sickness and death, can

The following is from a speech at a youth division general meeting in Tokyo on July 14, 1991. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 31, installment 2, pp. 414–16. The enormous treasure tower described in “The Emergence of the Treasure Tower” chapter of the

The following is from a speech at a Soka Gakkai headquarters leaders meeting in Tokyo on July 3, 1999. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 31, installment 1, pp. 411–13. “Buddhism is universal; it belongs to all people,” Ikeda Sensei says. “Promoting peace, culture

The following essay, from the series “Our Brilliant Path to Victory,” was published in Japanese in the Seikyo Shimbun, Aug. 21 and 22, 2012. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 30, installment 1, pp. 375–80. Fostering the future divisionmembers is vital for the ongoing

The following is from a speech at an SGI world youth training course in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 1990. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 29, installment 6, pp. 363–65. As practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism, Ikeda Sensei says, it’s important that we use our

The following is from a speech at the Soka Renaissance Victory Leaders Meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 1991. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 29, installment 2, pp. 349–52. From the mid-1970s, the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood—jealous of the success of the Soka Gakkai

The following is from a speech at the Soka Renaissance Victory Leaders Meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 1991. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 29, installment 2, pp. 347–52. From the mid-1970s, the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood—jealous of the success of the Soka Gakkai

The following is from a speech at an executive conference for SGI in Germany, held in Frankfurt am Main on May 24, 1994. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 29, installment 1, pp. 343–46. Ikeda Sensei has opened uncharted paths for worldwide kosen-rufu based

The following is from a speech at a Tokyo general meeting on Aug. 24, 1989. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 28, installment 2, pp. 244–46. Noting that founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi began practicing Nichiren Buddhism at a relatively advanced age, Ikeda

In the following, Ikeda Sensei discusses the lofty mentor-disciple spirit shared by the first three Soka Gakkai presidents. It is from Discussions on Youth, published in Japanese in March 1999 and can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 28, installment 1, pp. 241–44. Ikeda Sensei has

Ikeda Sensei gave this guidance from Watakushi no ningengaku (On historical personalities and society), published in Japanese in August 1988. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 27, installment 2, pp. 211–13. Ikeda Sensei explains through an easy-to-grasp example that the mentor-disciple relationship is not

The following is from an interview of Ikeda Sensei commemorating the publication of the Bulgarian edition of Utsukushiki shishi no tamashii (The beauty of a lion’s heart), published in Japanese in the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun, on Aug. 10, 2000. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part

Ikeda Sensei gave the following speech at a meeting in Santa Monica, California, Sept. 18, 1993. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 26, installment 2, pp. 179–81. Ikeda Sensei notes that a defining feature of Soka Gakkai leaders is their noble spirit to value

Ikeda Sensei gave the following speech at an SGI general meeting, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 23, 1996. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 26, installment 1, pp. 175–78. The purpose of the Soka Gakkai and kosen-rufu is to enable everyone to lead lives

Ikeda Sensei gives the following guidance in The New Human Revolution, vol. 17, “Green Fields” chapter. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 25, installment 1, pp. 143–46. The unity of “many in body, one in mind” is a central pillar of Nichiren Buddhism, a

Ikeda Sensei gave the following speech at a general meeting of Toshima, Taito, Sumida and Meguro Wards in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 12, 1987. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 24, installment 2, pp. 107–10. In Buddhism, functions that direct people toward goodness and Buddhist

Ikeda Sensei gave the following guidance at the Chugoku region youth peace general meeting in Tokyo, Japan, May 7, 1995. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 24, installment 1, pp. 105–07. The Soka Gakkai conducts various activities to promote kosen-rufu, including discussion meetings, planning

Ikeda Sensei gave the following guidance at the SGI general meeting in Maidenhead, England, June 11, 1994. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 23, installment 2, pp. 69–71. Striving to awaken all to their unique and precious missions, Shakyamuni never gave up on anyone.

Ikeda Sensei gave the following guidance at the Soka Gakkai headquarters leaders meeting in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 6, 2006. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 23, installment 1, pp. 67–69. “Valuing each person”—kosen-rufu begins and ends with this. Convinced that a single life is

The following is from a speech at a nationwide representatives conference, Tokyo, Japan, March 29, 1996. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, chapter 22, installment 3, pp. 47–50. Ikeda Sensei discusses the virtues of the four leaders of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth as they