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The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 18, pp. 165–66. Nichiren Daishonin writes, “Nichiren is like the plant, and my teacher, the earth” (“Flowering and Bearing Grain,” The Writings

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 17, revised edition, pp. 212–13. Shin’ichi Yamamoto is Ikeda Sensei’s character in the novel. “After talking to a person just once, you

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from Shine Like the Morning Sun, pp. 119–20. Feb. 11 this year (2013) will mark the 50th anniversary of an essay I wrote, titled simply, “To the Women’s

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 26, pp. 333–34. “Second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda often used to say: ‘Those who are always thankful for the Gohonzon enjoy

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 2, revised edition, p. 251.  “Some of you may feel you couldn’t possibly introduce others to Nichiren Buddhism and successfully have them

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 12, revised edition, pp. 116–17. Shin’ichi Yamamoto (Ikeda Sensei’s character in the novel) offers guidance to members at the Matsushiro Community Center

The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from Reaching Beyond—Improvisations on Jazz, Buddhism, and a Joyful Life, pp. 189–190. I am certain that many people have felt this gratitude to someone for their help and

by Naoko Leslie SGI-USA Women’s Leader Happy February 27, SGI-USA Women’s Division Day! In this exciting Year of Soaring Higher Toward a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide, as SGI-USA, we are focusing on our discussion meetings where we can joyfully gather and encourage one another as fellow members and friends! We will especially focus our efforts on

‘Write an Unparalleled Story That Will Endure Into the Future’ The following is the 2023 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda in simplified Chinese. For the English version, please see the February 3, 2023 World Tribune, or visit the link here. 我怀着敬爱和感谢，和全世界的创价妇女说几句话。 在各位同志真心的题目守护下，1月2日，外子精神矍铄地迎来九十五岁的生日。他表示，从年初开始非洲等世界各地就有新的地涌之友诞生，牧口常三郎先生、户田城圣先生也会为此感到欣慰。 两位先生是在1928年开始信奉日莲大圣人佛法。那年出生的外子，九十五岁的今年也就是两位先生入信的九十五周年。他依然秉持不二的精神，“每个月、每天，都必须更增强信心”（御书文白并列本Ⅲ259页），勇猛精进。 1月11日，外子发表了紧急声明，呼吁世人纠集改变历史、重建和平的创造力。 世界的宝友在重重危机当中，彼此关怀勉励，加深对和平的祈求，在各自使命的国土，凝聚讲求生命尊严、带来希望的力量，外子尤以为傲。 大圣人赞叹池上兄弟和夫人们团结面对纷然竞起的障魔，是“作为流传到未来的佳话”（御书文白并列本Ⅱ118页）。 尤其称许夫人们“追随龙女的足迹，是末代恶世女人成佛的模范”（御书文白并列本Ⅱ122页），不但坚持信心，还悉心照顾强烈反对信仰的公公，达成一家和乐。

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by Naoko Leslie  SGI-USA Women’s Leader Just a month after his inauguration as the second Soka Gakkai president, Josei Toda established the women’s division to initiate the kosen-rufu movement. Seventy-three years have passed since then (June 10, 1951). Carrying on his mentor’s determination to rid misery from the face of this planet, Ikeda Sensei continued

WESTON, Fla.—Never mind the forecasted thunderstorm: The Women’s Division #1 Conference participants brought the sun to SGI-USA’s Florida Nature and Culture Center in what turned out to be a weekend of beautiful Florida weather. Over 170 women ages 34 to 45 gathered from June 2 to 5 for the conference themed “Each District, One Precious Youth!” 

Message de Mme Kaneko Ikeda pour les départements des femmes et des jeunes femmes Janvier 2023

2023 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda (Korean)

2023 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda in Spanish.

2023 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda (Japanese)

On Feb. 27, 1990, women from across the country joined Ikeda Sensei and Kaneko Ikeda, SGI honorary women’s leader, for the First SGI-USA Women’s Division Meeting, held at the former Soka University of America campus in Calabasas, California. At the meeting, Sensei delivered his timeless guidance “Buddhism Is the Clear Mirror That Reflects Our Lives”

2023 Message to the Women and Young Women From SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda

In 1990, when Ikeda Sensei established a study program for SGI-USA women’s division members, he named it the Sophia Group—Sophia in Greek meaning “skill, intelligence, wisdom.” Since that time, women have gathered monthly in small-group settings to study and discuss Sensei’s guidance to grasp the history of the SGI, deepen their understanding of the shared

On June 10, 1951, just a month after being inaugurated as second Soka Gakkai president, Josei Toda gathered some 50 women’s leaders at a French restaurant in Shinjuku, Tokyo. They faced tremendous suffering in the wake of Japan’s defeat in World War II. Yet the women strove to spread Nichiren Buddhism widely to help others