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A: The straight and simple answer is, Yes! Ikeda Sensei asserts, “A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and further, will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind.” Human revolution is another way to express bringing forth our Buddhahood. It

“The Soka Gakkai was not built by its mentors and then inherited by the disciples. From the beginning, it was the crystallization of the shared commitment of mentor and disciple. “When we dedicate ourselves to this way of mentor and disciple, the boundless strength of a noble and heroic victor will surge forth in our

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

It is a great pleasure to have this opportunity to speak at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an institution that carries on the finest traditions of higher learning. For this privilege, I thank President Charles E. Young, Vice President Norman Miller, the faculty, and students, men and women who will guide your country

by SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Future Division: The Key to the Ongoing Development of Kosen-rufu

Any weakness in faith will be a cause for regret. The cart that overturns on the road ahead is a warning to the one behind. In an age like this no one can help but thirst for the way. You may hate this world, but you cannot escape it. The people of Japan are certain

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the September 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. In both life and society, it is in times of great crisis that we can bring forth tremendous inner strength and open the way to a new age. Nichiren Daishonin demonstrated this

This installment, published in the July 15, 2020, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that Ikeda Sensei discusses in volume 21 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “It is certain that widespread propagation of the Law [kosen-rufu] will eventually be achieved throughout Jambudvipa [the entire world].” (“Oko kikigaki,”

Creating a Century of Humanism in Which All Can Shine—Part 1 [57]

A: While there are many reasons to study Buddhism, Ikeda Sensei in an essay points to three. (see February 2020 Living Buddhism, p. 60). Someone diagnosed with a terminal illness, may think: I’m sincerely practicing Buddhism. Why did this happen to me? In such critical times, studying Buddhism helps us quickly transform our doubts and

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

Translated from the September 5, 2020, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. At present, Soka youth across the globe are making a fresh start, their hearts buoyed by new songs. Unconstrained by convention or past ways of doing things, bright young minds can blaze new trails forward, chart new ground, through freely and

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

Toward 2030—To My Young Successors the Torchbearers of Justice

The following excerpt is from Ikeda Sensei’s dialogue series “The World of Nichiren Daishonin’s Writings,” installment 3, published in the June 2002 Living Buddhism, pp. 13–17. This serves as supplemental study for the article titled “Transforming Tendencies That Block Our Happiness,” in the Sept. 18, 2020, issue of the World Tribune. Ikeda Sensei: It is clear

SGI youth from around the world will gather on Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. CT / 4 p.m. ET for a virtual World Youth General Meeting, hosted by the Soka Gakkai in Japan. The event will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Oct. 2, 1960, when Ikeda Sensei, at age 32, took his

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei