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The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was published in the July 2024 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. On this day of releaseand of imprisonmentare to be found the bondsof mentor and disciple. Ikeda Sensei penned this poem in tribute to the solemn history of mentor and disciple that

Recognized as i borghi più belli d’Italia, or one of “the most beautiful villages of Italy,” Alberobello is famous for its characteristic conic houses called trulli. Commissioned by Count Giangirolamo II (1600–65) in the 1630s, the unique structures were built by farmers to use as their personal residences as they worked the land. The rooftops

The Buddhist Bookcast is a new podcast series, offering quick reviews of SGI-USA books from World Tribune Press and Middleway Press. In this first episode, SGI-USA Women’s Leader Naoko Leslie offers insights into the latest book, The Immeasureable Power of Prayer, a compilation of lectures from Daisaku Ikeda’s “The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World”

The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was translated from the Feb. 11, 2000, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. John F. Kennedy said, “A man does what he must—in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures—and that is the basis of all human morality.” Today, Feb. 11,

by Mitch BogenSpecial to the Tribune  On May 10, the Ikeda Center hosted a multigenerational forum devoted to the cause of education for nuclear disarmament. With speakers and discussants ranging from student activists to veteran figures in the global disarmament movement, the event kindled fresh hope for a future free of nuclear weapons.   The

Immaculate Mutebi, of New York, discusses how chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo helped her use the obstacles in her family, workplace and housing to deepen her conviction in the power of her life. Click here to listen. July 5, 2024, World Tribune, p. 4

Seeking my mission, I discover the way of life of a person of courage.

In this Summer of Shakubuku, let’s clear out the questions and make way for a determination.

Toward the student division conference on July 26–29, 2024, at the Florida Nature and Culture Center (FNCC), the World Tribune sat down with two youth leaders Manami Koizumi and Jiwoo Kim to hear about the impact that attending this conference had on their lives. World Tribune: Thank you for speaking with us today. What was

Toward the culture department conference at the Florida Nature and Culture Center (FNCC), the World Tribune sat down with Paige Asawa and Bora Colak, the SGI-USA Culture Department leaders, to learn about the group’s mission. World Tribune: Thank you for meeting with us. For our readers who may be unfamiliar with the SGI-USA Culture Department,

SoCal-Pacific Territory’s first Soka Family Day at Soka University of America inspires future division members to have a dream.

The Rev. James Lawson, the leading nonviolence theorist and tactician of the American Civil Rights Movement, passed away on June 9 in Los Angeles. He was 95. In the 1950s, he spent three years in India as a Methodist missionary and studied Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence. He returned to the U.S. to attend graduate

Rivers throughout the world form at their ends triangular deltas, where the mouth of the river breaks into smaller streams that feed into oceans and seas. The Okavango Delta, however, breaks out into open land in Botswana’s Kalahari Desert. As the seasons change, so does the delta, its banks flooding and receding with the rain,

 The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was translated from the May 19, 2001, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. What is our aim? It is victory! This was the famous declaration made by the newly appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in his maiden speech 61 years ago in May 1940, as

On June 19, 1996, during what was to become Ikeda Sensei’s last visit to America, the SGI-USA Florida Nature and Culture Center (FNCC), in Weston, Florida, opened. Nestled on 125 acres of restored wetlands at the edge of the Everglades, the FNCC is the site of various SGI-USA conferences held throughout the year for each

Battling for hope, I revive old joys and tap new strength.

At the Central Executive Committee Conference, representative leaders discuss creating a wave of joy in the Summer of Shakubuku and rooting ourselves in our communities toward 2030.

Kicking off the Summer of Shakubuku, the SGI-USA will focus on propagating the Mystic Law in our local communities. The World Tribune met with leaders of Buffalo Chapter in upstate New York to hear about the heart behind their efforts to welcome 12 new members this year.  World Tribune: Thank you all for speaking with

Since 2020, the SGI-USA has hosted quarterly American Sign Language (ASL) study meetings for members in the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities and their family and friends interested in learning about Buddhism. The World Tribune met with two SGI-USA members who help coordinate these activities, Katy Saini, of Centreville, Virginia, who is deaf, and Jason Aliberto,

This series highlights how Buddhism can enhance daily living. As Nichiren Daishonin says: “When the skies are clear, the ground is illuminated. Similarly, when one knows the Lotus Sutra, one understands the meaning of all worldly affairs.” If animals could talk, what would they say and do? German author and pacificist Erich Kästner imagined one