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“One is the mother of ten thousand.”

The Golden Gate Bridge, celebrated for its innovative design and strength, is a suspension bridge over the Golden Gate Strait, the stretch of water where the San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean. Each year, multitudes venture across the bridge, which opened in May 1937, admiring the steel cables that hold it together. On his

Oct. 2 marked SGI World Peace Day, the 65th anniversary of Ikeda Sensei embarking on his first overseas journey for peace. On that day this year, photographers captured the rise of the sun and the moon from these cities Sensei visited in 1960: Honolulu, Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York and Los Angeles. Nichiren Daishonin in

Newly appointed SGI-USA Women’s Leader Monica Soto Ouchi gave the following determination at meetings in Los Angeles and Oakland, California, commemorating the 65th anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s first steps in the U.S. to spread Buddhism around the world. by Monica Soto OuchiSGI-USA Women’s Leader I want to first and foremost express my boundless gratitude to

Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada gave the following address at the SoCal Quint Zones representative leaders meeting, held on Oct. 8, 2025, at the World Culture Center in Santa Monica, California. The meeting commemorated the 65th anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s first visit to the U.S. to spread Nichiren Buddhism around the world. Many congratulations on

SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa gave the following address at the commemorative meetings in Santa Monica and Oakland, California, marking the 65th anniversary of global kosen-rufu. [Editor’s note: SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa opened his remarks with leadership appointments (see this page). The following is his address thereafter.] Now, I would like to say a

Led by an SGI delegation, the SGI-USA marks 65 years of global kosen-rufu with its focus on the future.

Responding to my mentor’s guidance, I lay an unshakable foundation of good fortune.

This year, we mark the 95th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai’s founding, on Nov. 18, and the second anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s passing on Nov. 15. How can we best commemorate these significant milestones? In an age of division and mistrust, the November district general meetings represent an oasis, where members and their friends can

Ikeda Sensei gave the following speech at a training session for SGI-Brazil women’s division leaders and Tohoku, Hokuriku and Shin’etsu representatives in Nagano, Japan, on Aug. 21, 2004. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, chapter 15, installment 1, pp. 123–25. Ikeda Sensei once said: “Happiness

Ikeda Sensei gave the following speech at a Soka Gakkai headquarters leaders meeting in Osaka, Japan, on March 4, 1991. It can be found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, chapter 15, installment 2, pp. 125–27. Ikeda Sensei  points out that, to gain a state of indestructible happiness, it

The colorful, grand mural of meticulous art encapsulates the vibrant city and culture of Los Angeles, all created using spray paint alone. Tristan Eaton (1978) was born in Hollywood, California, and began his career as an illustrator when he moved to Detroit for his father’s work. He moved to New York at the age of

by the Los Angeles Sunshine Zone team What is your zone motto? LA Sunshine with Sensei! Tell us briefly about your zone’s history. In 1960, on his first visit to the U.S., Ikeda Sensei established the first chapter in the States—Los Angeles Chapter. Within that chapter, he created six districts and attended the first discussion

This series, prepared by the SGI-USA Study Department, aims to answer questions about the basics of Nichiren Buddhism.  Have you ever gotten lost trying to get to a new location? Having a map—or nowadays, a map app—makes a big difference in getting where you want to go.  Life, and Buddhist practice, is often likened to

The following is a summary of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech at the Eighth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial, in conjunction with the SGI Youth Training Course, at the Toda Memorial Auditorium in Sugamo, Tokyo, on Sept. 6, 2025. It was translated from the Sept. 13, 2025, issue of  Seikyo Shimbun,

A report from the SGI Youth Training Course in Japan

Dreaming of the big screen, I advance toward true victory, in which everyone wins.

How a week in the Amazon changed 13 students’ view of nature.

The following are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting held at the Tokyo Makiguchi Memorial Hall in Hachioji, Tokyo, on July 18, 2000. Video footage of the speech was broadcast during the Eighth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial, in conjunction with the SGI Youth Training Course,

Born in New York City on Feb. 3, 1894, Norman Rockwell dropped out of high school at 16 to pursue art full time at the prestigious New School of Art, then at the Art Students League of New York. Upon graduation, Rockwell found immediate work as an illustrator for Boys’ Life magazine.  At the young