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Chapter Summary On June 16, 1981, Shin’ichi Yamamoto continued his international trip, flying from France across the Atlantic Ocean to New York, where he visited the New York Community Center as well as the birthplace of Walt Whitman. Shin’ichi’s poem “To My Beloved Young American Friends—Youthful Bodhisattvas of the Earth” was presented at a U.S.-Japan

Chapter Summary To mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the youth division in July 1981, Shin’ichi Yamamoto sent via telegram a congratulatory message in the form of a poem. He also poured his energies into nurturing youth who would shoulder the new era. On July 18, following the unexpected death of fourth Soka

Chapter Summary On March 22, 1982, Shin’ichi Yamamoto attended the First Kansai Youth Peace Culture Festival, held at Osaka’s Nagai Stadium. Thereafter, culture festivals were organized in the Chubu region and throughout the country. In June, the Soka Gakkai mounted the “Nuclear Arms—Threat to Our World” exhibition at the United Nations headquarters and began full-fledged

This installment, published in the July 20, 2021, Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that Ikeda Sensei discusses in volume 30 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “Without tribulation there would be no votary of the Lotus Sutra.” (“A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,

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This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the October 2021 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. In October 1961, when I saw with my own eyes the Berlin Wall that had been built just two months earlier, I was outraged by the forces of evil that divide and separate people. It

John Dewey in the 21st Century Jim Garrison, Larry Hickman and Daisaku Ikeda

Chapter 9 “The Supremacy of the Law” —Part 3 of 3 Nichiren Daishonin wrote “The Supremacy of the Law” to urge the recipient to strengthen her faith at a time when great confusion prevailed in society due to misguided beliefs and erroneous teachings. In this lecture, Sensei uncovers the “important essentials of faith” that Nichiren

30 Years of Our Spiritual Independence

“They give their lives for shallow, worldly matters but rarely for the Buddha’s precious teachings. Small wonder they do not attain Buddhahood.” (“Letter from Sado,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 301) Background What is the purpose of life? What do we live for? How can we best use our lives? Nichiren Daishonin

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How I’ve passed down the Buddhist faith I learned from my parents to my children and learned to trust my heart. I’m Mimi Utsumi from Arlington, Texas.

Illustrations by Leo Matsuda

“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

Buddhability celebrates our 40th episode and one-year anniversary with highlights from past episodes. Listen to “Four reminders if you’re looking for a fresh start” to find out more about what you can do to refresh yourself if you are feeling worn out or anxious. Click here to listen.

Since its launch on Oct. 2, 2020, over 15,000 members and guests have dialed in by telephone to access the “Advance Together” line, the audio complement to the SGI-USA’s publications, for weekly content from the World Tribune (first three weeks of the month) and Living Buddhism (fourth week of the month). The phone line has

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

Our behavior makes all the difference. What effectively conveys the greatness and power of our Buddhist teaching and practice is nothing but our respectful, humanistic actions. As Nichiren Daishonin states: “The purpose of the appearance in this world of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his behavior as a human being” (“The Three

Nichiren Daishonin tells [his disciple] Yasaburo, “You must simply make up your mind” (“Reply to Yasaburo,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 829). Once we decide to take on a challenge, we must approach it with the determination to win. When facing an opponent, it is easy to be defeated by our own

Known by the Cherokee people as Shaconage, meaning “place of the blue smoke,” and frequently referred to today as “the Smokies,” Great Smoky Mountains is the most visited national park in the country. World-renowned for its biodiversity, the beauty of its ancient mountains and quality of its remnants of Southern Appalachian culture, the park stretches