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Ikeda Sensei’s Encouragement for the Future Division

Message From Ikeda Sensei and Kaneko Ikeda

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

Translated from the September 24, 2019, Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. At this time of the autumn equinox [when the deceased are traditionally remembered in Japan], I visited the Soka Gakkai Mentors Hall in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, and offered my sincere prayers in memory of the deceased (on September 21). I also chanted wholeheartedly

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

Abutsu-bo and the Lay Nun Sennichi

by Adin Strauss SGI-USA General Director Thank you, and thank you again for your unstinting support of our SGI-USA May Commemorative Contribution activity. The generosity shown by our wonderful members is humbling and amazing. Speaking on behalf of the entire national leadership team, we will exert ourselves all the more from this day forward to

I have developed a state of life in which I can see benefit in any situation.

A report on the nationwide student division lecture.

Concept #2: Changing Poison Into Medicine

Soka University of America Founder Daisaku Ikeda sent the following commencement message to the Class of 2021 (undergraduate and graduate programs). Visit www.soka.edu/virtual-commencement to view the ceremony, which was held virtually on May 28, 2021. To Soka University of America’s undergraduate Class of 2021 as well as to the graduate Class of 2021 of the

World Tribune: We learned that you recently had a profound experience introducing young people to Buddhism. Does this come naturally? Meryl Shapiro (New York): Not at all. I’m 73, single and never had children. As a longtime SGI member, I’ve introduced a number of youth, but in the two years I fought all out for

Mark your calendars for the nationwide SGI-USA Culture Department Virtual Conference on July 10, 2021 (1 p.m. PDT/3 p.m. CDT/4 p.m. EDT). Please register through the website. The two-hour gathering will focus on the theme “Manifest Hope & Victory Toward 2030 With the Vast Heart of Soka!” and include an introduction to Buddhism, faith experiences,

At the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards Show held on March 14, 2021, SGI-USA men’s division member John Beasley, of Venice, California, received four nominations and won Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella for his arrangement of the jazz standard “Donna Lee.” Mr. Beasley is a multi-Grammy and Emmy-nominated pianist, composer, arranger, producer and music director

Episode 26 of the Buddhability podcast series centers on the topic of “Never giving up on your dream.” Michael Cornell, a fifth-grade teacher in New York, discusses his struggles with anxiety, depression and the constraints of the education system, and how chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo helped him expand his own vision for education and develop the spirit

In Hall Caine’s epic novel The Eternal City, the youthful revolutionary David Rossi cries out: “Be brave, be strong, be patient.” Our youthful revolutionaries of kosen-rufu are forging ahead with courage, abundant self-confidence and steadfast perseverance. As the young men’s division marks its 55th anniversary this month (July 2006), I am thrilled with the vigorous

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

Episode 25 of the Buddhability podcast series welcomes Lorenna Garcia-Bochas, of Georgia. Dynamic topics are covered: how to grapple with multiple identities and feeling like you don’t fit anywhere; how to take care of your family when they are struggling; and how to find the courage to seek help for your mental health, if that’s