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Gongyo sessions at the Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu will resume this Novemberafter three years. The Hall, which serves as a gathering place for SGI members to refresh their vow, was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Though it opened for members in Japan earlier this year, regular gongyo sessions are now open

Through film and Buddhism, I build a bridge to my true self and cross it with my family.

On why we celebrate our starting point each November in our districts.

by Olivia Cassetta and Max HeineSGI-USA Student Division Leaders On Sept. 8, 1957, in front of 50,000 youth at Mitsuzawa Stadium in Yokohama, Japan, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda made a historic declaration condemning nuclear weapons as an “absolute evil.” He went on to declare: “We, the citizens of the world, have an inviolable

SGI-USA member Bethany Phoenix is a professor at the University of California San Francisco’s (UCSF) School of Nursing. In October 2023, she received the Psychiatric Nurse of the Year Award from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) in recognition of her career advancing psychiatric-mental health nursing and advocating for the role of nurses in America’s

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.” Does love conquer all? Over the ages, love and romance have captivated people’s hearts. Love can be as

The July 14–Oct. 13 issues of the World Tribune highlighted the first 500 SGI-USA districts to welcome new youth in 2023. Here are the next 35. Central Territory Chicago Zone Wheaton District Glendale Heights District East Dane District Mideast Zone Woodward Awesome Sound King District Bluegrass Southwest District Grand Traverse District Rocky Mountain Zone Canyons

Lord Howe Island was uninhabited until the late 1700s when the British navy claimed it and other nearby islands. The remote island’s thriving ecosystem includes rare endemic species such as the Lord Howe Woodhen, a flightless bird, and the Lord Howe Island Phasmid, the world’s largest stick insect. Soaring mountain peaks formed by an underwater

How Sustaining Contribution builds the foundation for our happiness.

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.” Did you know that simply walking with someone can strengthen your relationship with them?  Research shows that “social

The following are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the 75th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, which was held at the Soka International Friendship Hall in Tokyo, on March 5, 1994. Video footage of the speech was broadcast during the 15th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial on Sept. 2, 2023. These excerpts

Toward a Hope-filled Future With the Daishonin’s Writings

Toward a Hope-filled Future With the Daishonin’s Writings

For two weeks in October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the world teetered on the edge of nuclear war as the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a direct and dangerous confrontation involving nuclear missile deployments. Amid the Cuban Missile Crisis, as it came to be known, Ikeda Sensei, appearing in

Practicing for self and others, I transform my family from the inside out.

Making Offerings Sows Seeds in a Field of Fortune  The following excerpts are from Ikeda Sensei’s novel  The New Human Revolution, vol. 4, pp. 116–118. Sensei appears in the novel as Shin’ichi Yamamoto.   In a letter addressed to Lord Matsuno, Nichiren Daishonin describes how a child named Virtue Victorious was reborn as King Ashoka

“Never, from ancient times on, has anyone seen or heard of winter turning back to autumn. Nor have we ever heard of a believer in the Lotus Sutra who turned into an ordinary person.” A young man named David Martinez recited this passage from Nichiren Daishonin into a microphone at an early Sunday Soka 2030

For almost 25 centuries, the Acropolis of Athens has survived wars, earthquakes and fires, adapting to different uses and civilizations. Original fortifications on the hilltop site date back to the 13th century BCE. The Acropolis—which stands as the most complete monument of Greek antiquity—was built in the 5th century BCE alongside other great architectural achievements,

The following essay from Ikeda Sensei’s series “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution” was translated from the Jan. 6, 1998, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi passed away in 1944. In a letter written to his family from his freezing prison cell in January of that

Toward a Hope-filled Future With the Daishonin’s Writings