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At the Central Executive Committee Conference, representative leaders vote to take significant steps toward fully reopening activities in 2023.

SGI-USA General Director Adin Strauss gave the following words to open the Central Executive Committee Conference, held on March 4, 2023, at the SGI-USA Headquarters in Santa Monica, California. by Adin Strauss SGI-USA General Director  Welcome to the grand reopening! Myo means to revive, to be fully endowed and to open. Toward that end, there

by Amelia Gonzalez SGI-USA Young Women’s Leader From the beginning of my practice, I was encouraged to share Buddhism with others if I wanted to change my life and become happy. I was facing expulsion from high school, and there wasn’t a day when I was sober. A school counselor was assigned to me because

The single word “belief” is the sharp sword with which one confronts and overcomes fundamental darkness or ignorance.  The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, pp. 119–20 Buddhism is about winning,” Ikeda Sensei repeatedly affirms.  Winning in Nichiren Buddhism means triumphing over the negativity and ignorance in our own and others’ lives. Each time we

by Lio Spinelli and Willie Noto New York Lio Spinelli: It was a serendipitous moment returning to New York last year. I was born in New Jersey and spent my first few years in Brooklyn before moving to England. In 2006, when I was 4, my mother and I were in a motor accident that

Old Havana, founded in 1519 as a springboard for the Spanish conquest of the Americas, boasts the title of the most notable historic city center in the Caribbean. The Havana Bay was an obligatory stop on the maritime route to the Americas during the colonial era, making military fortifications a necessity to protect the city.

The following essay excerpts were published in the Dec. 28, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. At the November headquarters leaders meeting commemorating the Soka Gakkai’s founding [held on Nov. 12, 2022], the Soka Gloria Wind Orchestra and Kansai Wind Orchestra gave a stirring performance of the fourth movement of Beethoven’s

Words of Encouragement From Ikeda Sensei

To commemorate the 65th anniversary of March 16, Kosen-rufu Day, youth will hold general meetings across the country. These gatherings will celebrate young people awakening to their profound missions (see pp. 6–7 for more information on the meeting’s theme). Here are some things you should know. Who: All youth members and guests ages 12–34 are

On episode 100, Mónica Lladó-Ortega, of Puerto Rico, tells the story of her relationship with her husband and how her Buddhist practice enabled her to see her own self-worth after their initial break up. Listen now to learn how relationships—even the long and complicated ones—can provide us with the greatest lessons about life and love.

In advance of this year’s May Commemorative Contribution activity, two pre-paid contribution envelopes will be included with your April 7 World Tribune mailing.  Members can contribute from April 28 to June 4 in the following ways: Internet via the Membership Portal at: www.sgi-usa.org/contributions Phone: (855) SGI-2030, (855) 744-2030 Monday – Friday, 9AM – 5PM PT

Discovering Buddhism in my golden years, I chart a course for happiness.

SGI-USA youth on what it means to be the protagonist in their lives.

On March 14, 1993, Ikeda Sensei attended the First SGI-USA Youth General Meeting commemorating March 16, Kosen-rufu Day, at the San Francisco Culture Center. The meeting’s highlight was the formal establishment of the SGI-USA junior high and high school division, which, together with the elementary school division, composes the SGI-USA future division today.  Upon announcing

Where there is unseen virtue, there will be visible reward. —“Unseen Virtue and Visible Reward,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 907 In recent years, sports popularized the mantra “trust the process” to champion patience and daily effort as keys to success.  As Buddhist practitioners, when we “trust the process” of making daily

by Sachiko Thornton West Territory Many Treasures Group Women’s Leader World Tribune: Thank you, Sachiko, for speaking with us. You have practiced Nichiren Buddhism for several decades. How do you stay refreshed in faith? Sachiko Thornton: The morning is key. Every day starts with strong morning gongyo and daimoku. That’s what keeps me fresh. And

Thebes, now the city of Luxor, was the city of the god Amon and capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises, large elaborate cemetaries, of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, Thebes is

by World Tribune staff LOS ANGELES—Wayne Shorter, the legendary American jazz saxophonist and composer, and a devoted SGI-USA member for five decades, died on March 2, 2023, at 89. Mr. Shorter earned worldwide recognition for his mastery of the saxophone, including 12 Grammy Awards, culminating in a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014 for his

To deplore our circumstances reflects a mind that is controlled by its environment.

The following are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the Fifth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting held at the Tokyo Makiguchi Memorial Hall in Tokyo in March 2007. Video footage of the speech was broadcast during the 12th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial held on on Jan. 7, 2023. The excerpts were