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How a prayer for peace was passed from one generation to the next. We are Robin and Robert Benvenuti from Detroit, Michigan.

When it comes to our most intractable relationships, the key to change is courage.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the SGI, Living Buddhism is reprinting this essay by Ikeda Sensei in which he writes about the SGI’s inaugural meeting in Guam on January 26, 1975, and the significant turning points that have marked the Soka Gakkai’s advancement every 25 years. This essay is part of

The Practice of the Buddha’s True Disciples to Awaken All People to the Power of the Mystic Law Inherent in Life

Please base your monthly discussion meeting on one of the following: 1) Writings for Discussion Meetings (pp. 40–41) 2) Buddhist Concepts (pp. 42–43) 3) Material from any recent issue of the World Tribune or Living Buddhism Writings for Discussion Meetings The Bodhisattvas of the Earth Bring the ‘Cluster of Blessings’ to Benefit All  Passage The

The sixth class of Ikeda Wisdom Academy returned to the material studied by its first class 10 years ago, The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vols. 1–3.  The Ikeda Wisdom Academy section of the November 2024–January 2025 issues of Living Buddhism include workbook questions to guide youth members in preparing for the exam, which will

In a new era for the student division, it has become a stand-alone division that will include youth between the ages of 18–25 enrolled in college, university or other forms of post secondary education. Youth 18 and older not in college will remain in their respective young men’s and young women’s divisions. While the student

Installment 21: On Repaying Debts of Gratitude

Ikeda Sensei’s serialized novel The New Human Revolution chronicles the history of the Soka Gakkai following his inauguration in 1960 as its third president. It carries practical guidance on how to expand our movement for kosen-rufu and hundreds of experiences of inner transformation. Sensei appears in the novel as Shin’ichi Yamamoto. The following takes place

A single road, stretching limitlessly. If we follow that single road, that single path, it will link us to the land. And beyond the broad expanse of the land, it will link us to the world as well. If we never stop walking ahead step by step along the correct path in life, then the

Remembering our vow amid hardship, we transform karma and build eternal fortune. We are Akiko and Lee Look from Albany, California.

Installment 20: ‘The Selection of the Time’

This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an abridgement of his speech given at the First SGI All-America General Meeting, held at the World Peace Ikeda Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, February 24, 1990. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America,

Ikeda Sensei: When we do gongyo and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, we conduct a ceremony in which we praise the Gohonzon and the great pure Law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. On one level, it could be said that our daily chanting is like a paean for the Buddha and for Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the fundamental Law of the universe. At the

In the eighth volume of [the Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai’s] Great Concentration and Insight and in the eighth volume of [the Great Teacher Miao-lo’s] The Annotations on “Great Concentration and Insight” it says, “The stronger one’s faith, the greater the protection of the gods.” This means that the protection of the gods depends on the strength

“Gongyo, which forms a fundamental basis of our Buddhist practice, could be described as a ceremony in which we bring the primordial sun of Buddhahood to rise brightly in the vast skies of our lives each day.”(Ikeda Sensei, pp. 18–19 of this issue) The first time a person hears about Nichiren Buddhism, odds are it’s

In this essay, Ikeda Sensei writes of the power source of victory—gongyo. This essay was translated from the February 10, 2006, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Some members from Chiba sent me a photo of this year’s [2006] first sunrise over the Pacific Ocean. My wife, Kaneko, and I often admire

The sixth class of Ikeda Wisdom Academy returned to the material studied by its first class 10 years ago, The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra.  The Ikeda Wisdom Academy section of the November 2024–January 2025 issues of Living Buddhism will include workbook questions to guide youth members in preparing for the exam, which will be

Buddhism is a teaching conveyed through the mentor-disciple relationship. The oneness, or shared commitment, of mentor and disciple forms the essence of Buddhist practice. If we forget the mentor-disciple relationship, we cannot attain Buddhahood. Nor can we achieve eternal happiness or realize kosen-rufu. It is through the bond of mentor and disciple that the Law

Please base your monthly discussion meeting on one of the following: 1) Writings for Discussion Meetings (pp. 54–55) 2) Buddhist Concepts (pp. 56–57) 3) Material from any recent issue of the World Tribune or Living Buddhism Writings for Discussion Meetings Become a Person of ‘Pure Gold’ Passage Gold can be neither burned by fire nor