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Transforming Human History: The Light of Peace and Dignity Even as we approach the second anniversary of the official declaration of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, variants continue to emerge, causing new waves of infection and creating challenging conditions in many countries. It is distressing to contemplate the reality of people around the world who,

Human Security and Sustainability: Sharing Reverence for the Dignity ofLife by Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2012 Motivated by the quest for a global society of peace and coexistence, I have, every year since 1983, issued a peace proposal commemorating January 26, the day that the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) was founded in 1975.

Human Security and Sustainability: Sharing Reverence for the Dignity of Life The economist Amartya Sen, a renowned advocate of the methods and approaches of human security, has emphasized “the dangers of sudden deprivation.” Such unanticipated threats can take the form of natural disaster and conflict, and can also arise from economic crises and rapid environmental

Compassion, Wisdom and Courage: Building a Global Society of Peace and CreativeCoexistence by Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2013 Commemorating the anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to explore the prospects for constructing a global society of peace and creative coexistence looking toward the year 2030. It

Compassion, Wisdom and Courage: Building a Global Society of Peace and Creative Coexistence Efforts are currently under way to define a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a target date of 2030. As we debate these goals, we must face head-on the underlying ailments of human civilization in order to ensure that efforts to

Value Creation for Global Change: Building Resilient and Sustainable Societies by Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2014 To commemorate January 26, the anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to offer thoughts on how we can redirect the currents of the twenty-first century toward greater hope, solidarity and

Value Creation for Global Change: Building Resilient and Sustainable Societies To commemorate January 26, the anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to offer thoughts on how we can redirect the currents of the twenty-first century toward greater hope, solidarity and peace in order to construct a sustainable global

A Shared Pledge for a More Humane Future: To Eliminate Misery from the Earth (2015) Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2015 On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to offer some thoughts on ways to generate greater solidarity among the people of

A Shared Pledge for a More Humane Future: To Eliminate Misery from the Earth On the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the establishment of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), I would like to offer some thoughts on ways to generate greater solidarity among the people of the world for peace and humane values and

Universal Respect for Human Dignity: The Great Path to Peace Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2016 This year marks the thirty-fifth year since the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) began activities in support of the United Nations as an accredited nongovernmental organization (NGO). Born of the searing experience of two world wars, the UN declared

Universal Respect for Human Dignity: The Great Path to Peace All people have the right to live in happiness. The prime objective of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) movement is to forge an expanding solidarity of ordinary citizens committed to protecting that right and, in this way, to rid the world of needless suffering. Our

Value Creation in a Time of Crisis Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2021 The world today is faced with a complex set of urgent crises that can only be described as unprecedented in the history of humankind. In addition to the increasing incidence every passing year of extreme weather events that reflect the worsening

Value Creation in a Time of Crisis The world today is faced with a complex set of urgent crises that can only be described as unprecedented in the history of humankind. In addition to the increasing incidence every passing year of extreme weather events that reflect the worsening problem of climate change, the onslaught of

The Global Solidarity of Youth: Ushering In a New Era of Hope Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2017 Sixty years have passed since my mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda (1900–58), issued his declaration calling for the prohibition and abolition of nuclear weapons. Toda fought alongside founding president Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871–1944) for the

The Global Solidarity of Youth: Ushering In a New Era of Hope Sixty years have passed since my mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda (1900–58), issued his declaration calling for the prohibition and abolition of nuclear weapons. At the core of his thinking was a vision of global citizenship rooted in the philosophy of

Toward an Era of Human Rights: Building a People’s Movement Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2018 The year 2017 proved to be a turning point for peace and disarmament. A series of negotiations at the United Nations finally led to the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in July; to date

Toward a New Era of Peace and Disarmament: A People-Centered Approach Daisaku IkedaPresident, Soka Gakkai InternationalJanuary 26, 2019 Amid the continued escalation of global challenges, crises that were previously unthinkable are now becoming reality throughout the world. With the average global temperature at its highest on record in the past four years and the impact

Toward a New Era of Peace and Disarmament: A People-Centered Approach Last May, UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched the UN Disarmament Agenda in which he noted that total military spending was around eighty times the amount required to meet the humanitarian aid needs of the whole world. Now is the time to accelerate momentum toward

Toward an Era of Human Rights: Building a People’s Movement The adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in July 2017 was a breakthrough in a field that has been marked by seemingly unbreakable impasse. So long as nuclear weapons exist the quest for a world of peace and human rights

How I transformed my outrage at my mother’s death to become the person she believed I could be.