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The new dawn blooms as we free it For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it If only we’re brave enough to be it. Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, closed her poem “The Hill We Climb” with these words on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. On this same

The Jan. 21 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, reported that SGI President Ikeda sent a congratulatory message to Joseph Biden, who was inaugurated on Jan. 20 as the 46th president of the United States. In his message, President Ikeda noted that the Japanese people will never forget how, 10 years

Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California, began serving as a mass COVID-19 vaccination site on Jan. 23. The campus became Orange County’s second Super Point of Dispensing location, following Disneyland. Orange County residents must register at othena.com and confirm an appointment time for the SUA site. On May 3, 2001, SUA opened its

As the world continues to face unprecedented challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the SGI-USA presents a new united action plan for 2021: the HOPE Campaign. The national youth leaders came together to convey its essence. Olivia Saito (SGI-USA Youth Leader): Many of us did not expect the COVID-19 pandemic to continue for this long, not

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

Our History: January 26

A U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons is now international law. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) went into effect on Jan. 22 for the more than 50 member states that had ratified it. Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada issued a statement, on behalf of SGI members worldwide, welcoming this unprecedented milestone. Nuclear

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

by The SGI-USA National Team To all members of the SGI-USA, Our efforts to establish the correct teaching for the peace of the land are centered on expanding a network of people committed to doing their human revolution and thereby transforming society. In light of current events, let us reconfirm the Buddhist principle that our

by SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda

Chapter Summary On March 11, 1977, Shin’ichi Yamamoto visited the new Fukushima Culture Center. He spoke with the Tohoku Region leader and Fukushima Prefecture leader about how best to develop young people. In the evening, he participated in a meeting to commemorate the opening of the new culture center. He reconfirmed three guidelines he had

Chapter Summary In 1977, Shin’ichi Yamamoto attended successive gongyo sessions to celebrate the openings of community centers throughout Japan. On May 18, he traveled to the southwestern-most island of Kyushu to attend a headquarters leaders meeting at the Kyushu Peace Center. He urged participants to foster capable individuals, while also showing warm consideration for the

Chapter Summary On May 22, 1977, at an unveiling ceremony for a monument engraved with a poem, Shin’ichi Yamamoto said, “Kyushu’s mission to be trailblazers means that members here must continue to be trailblazers into the distant future” (The New Human Revolution, vol. 25, p. 184). He also conversed with the Fukuoka Prefecture young men’s

Chapter Summary On May 27, Shin’ichi departed for the Kumamoto Culture Center. At the unveiling of a stone monument, which featured a description of the origins of the culture center, he encouraged the youth. In a discussion with leaders, he said, “The single most important quality of capable individuals is that they have unsparingly dedicated

This installment, published in the November 17, 2020, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that Ikeda Sensei discusses in volume 25 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “Teaching another something is the same as oiling the wheels of a cart so that they turn even though it is

Creating a Century of Humanism in Which All Can Shine—Part 5 [61]

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the January 2021 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Kosen-rufu is a journey of mentor and disciple continuing from the infinitely distant past into the eternal future. Year after year, we call forth and welcome to our movement many new Bodhisattvas

Masks. Quarantine. Social distancing. These words were not in our collective conscience before 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic altered our awareness in surprising and unforeseen ways. Shakyamuni Buddha realized that all people, no matter their circumstances, at some time in their lives face the suffering of illness, as well as the other universal sufferings of

In the Soka Gakkai, February is traditionally regarded as the month of sharing Buddhism. Let’s learn from Ikeda Sensei about the significance of this most important endeavor: sharing Buddhism with others. Benefitting Others: Inseparable Lives When we look after and care for others—that is, help others draw forth the strength to live—our own strength to