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This installment, published in the March 18, 2021, Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that Ikeda Sensei discusses in volume 27 of The New Human Revolution. The official English translation of volume 27 will be published in the future. As such, these excerpts are subject to later revisions. Passage 1 “Do not

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“It must be ties of karma from the distant past that have destined you to become my disciple at a time like this. Shakyamuni and Many Treasures certainly realized this truth. The sutra’s statement, ‘Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their

Ikeda Sensei has had dialogues with leading figures throughout the world to strengthen and advance the path to peace. To date, more than 80 of his dialogues have been published in book form. This new series highlights one dialogue a month. The following excerpts are from Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century (pp. 109–13), a

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Episode 27 of the Buddhability podcast series, “On impostor syndrome, deserving success and finding happiness,” focuses on using Buddhist practice to address the feeling that you don’t belong or deserve success or happiness. Aide Aguirre shares how she started practicing Buddhism at 24 to generate hope for her own life. Click here to listen.

by Anri Tanabe Special to the Tribune CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 14, 2021—The Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue hosted its second virtual Dialogue Nights event, “Unpacking COVID-19: What We Learned, What We Lost, and What We Will Carry Forward.” This theme was inspired by Daisaku Ikeda’s 2021 Peace Proposal, “Value Creation in a Time

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Daisaku Ikeda was in his late teens when World War II ended. Amid the chaos and uncertainty of postwar Japan, he at times found solace in music. “Listening to the masterworks of Beethoven … was a source of incredible encouragement,” he says. “It infused me with the strength I needed to get through those extremely

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by Dina Emberlin Carlisle, Iowa After both my 28-year-old stepson and mother passed away in a span of two years, I had trouble getting out of bed and could barely function. This led me on a spiritual journey two years ago. For some reason, the words Nam-myoho-renge-kyo stuck with me ever since I had watched

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