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Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

6th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

February 2022

Sharing Buddhism while traveling cross-country, I primed my heart for a significant encounter with my father.

Lessons from the Kamata Campaign that we can apply today.

by Machiko, Yasumitsu and Mac Kimura Gardena, Calif. World Tribune: Thank you, Machiko, Yasumitsu and Mac for speaking with us. We heard that your family experienced a victory last year based on your efforts to spread Buddhism. Can you tell us what happened? Mac Kimura: In mid-2020, my father shut down his business of almost

This is an excerpt from Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech during the Sixth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial, held on Jan. 8, 2022, in Tokyo. The text appeared in the Jan. 15, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. My warmest congratulations to you all on the Sixth

It’s not news that different generations struggle to see eye-to-eye. Young people are known for seeking to pave new paths in society that reflect the youthful ideals of justice, freedom and equality, while older generations, though sympathetic to those ideals, often prefer to protect established traditions for the security they promise. This age-old, perhaps natural,

Answer: Flip the script. Use the problem as an opportunity to bring out your full potential.

A: By helping others become happy, we, too, become happy. This is also a tenet of psychology. How can those who have lost the will to live under the weight of inconsolable suffering or deep emotional wounds get back on their feet? All too often, the more they dwell on their problem, the more depressed

Spanning 3.4 million acres, Bridger-Teton National Forest is the largest intact ecosystem in the contiguous United States. Although well known for it’s larger mammals such as grizzly bears, moose and bighorn sheep, to name a few, the forest is also home to 355 species of birds. —Prepared by the World Tribune staff

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This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the January 2022 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. In my conversations with leading thinkers in Japan and around the world, they often say how impressed they are by our members, some calling them precious treasures of humanity and remarking how struck they are

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Some friendships are so iconic that they can only be understood in pairs. Frodo and Sam. Cher and Dionne. Maverick and Goose. They reinforce for us the value of friendship, of having a ride-or-die, to share life’s rollercoaster highs and lows (even if those lows take you to the gates of Mordor). To be sure,

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“It is the heart that is important. No matter how earnestly Nichiren prays for you, if you lack faith, it will be like trying to set fire to wet tinder. Spur yourself to muster the power of faith.” (“The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, pp. 1000–01) Background One’s