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SGI President Ikeda sent the following message to the 43rd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting of the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, held in conjunction with the Okinawa General Meeting, at the Okinawa Training Center in Onnason, on Oct. 6, 2019. At the meeting, it was also announced that the SGI theme for 2020 will

How chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with deep conviction and appreciation saved my life. by Jane PostonBedford, Texas In September 2012, I started experiencing severe symptoms of heart failure stemming from the rare disease cardiac sarcoidosis. Most nights, I laid in bed propped up with pillows because this was the only way I could sleep without my lungs

Combating stress starts by changing how we feel about our problems. SGI President Ikeda calls our inner resolve our “secret weapon.” He says: “Through the power of strong inner resolve, we can transform ourselves, those around us and the land where we live. Each of you has this tool, this ‘secret weapon.’ There is no

The following excerpt, adapted from The Human Revolution, takes place on March 30, 1958, just a few days before second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda’s passing. Shin’ichi Yamamoto (SGI President Ikeda’s character in the novel) reports to his mentor about having to call out the Nichiren Shoshu’s chief instructor of acolytes (young boys training to

by David BarolCentral Territory Bureau Chief CHICAGO, Oct. 1—Can our prejudicial thinking be overcome? A definite “yes,” asserted Ceasar McDowell, who explored this outlook during the 2019 Ikeda Lecture, “Dialogue in Demographic Complexity: Overcoming Our Discriminatory Consciousness.” Professor McDowell, who teaches the Practice of Community Development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, started his talk

This report was adapted from an article by Religious News Service. NEW YORK, Sept. 21–24—SGI youth representatives joined a series of events in New York City as part of Climate Week. In the run-up to the U.N. Climate Action Summit, the Japan Times published the SGI article “Winning the Climate Change Challenge: What One Person

And now I wonder what karma from past existences has caused Nichiren and his associates to become the proponents of the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra? . . . The neighing of the white horses is the sound of our voices chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. When Brahma, Shakra, the gods of the sun and moon, the four

This special installment contains key encouragement from volumes 1–10 regarding commonly held questions and concerns. The original content was published in the August 14 and 28, 2019, issues of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Prayer Based On a Vow for Kosen-rufu Is the Source of Victory In October 1960, Shin’ichi Yamamoto attended

This supplementary material highlights SGI President Ikeda’s activities and significant events in the Soka Gakkai’s history from 1960 through 1966 that are covered in volumes 1 through 10 of The New Human Revolution. This material appeared in the August 7 and 21, 2019, issues of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. 1960: The

The Mentor-Disciple Relationship and the Journey of Kosen-rufu

2019 SGI Youth Training Course Report

Installment 6

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Future Division: The Key to the Ongoing Development of Kosen-rufu

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the October 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. On October 2, 1960, I was en route to Hawaii for my first overseas trip. Placing my hand on the breast pocket of my jacket, in which I had tucked

A: “What is the social raison d’être of religion apart from working for the happiness of humanity and making the world a better place?” “I want to banish the word misery from the face of the Earth.” These were the impassioned declarations of first and second Soka Gakkai presidents Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, and

The Ikeda Wisdom Academy is an SGI-USA youth division movement to engage youth leaders in advanced study. This month, academy members will study chapter 5 of The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life: SGI President Ikeda’s Lecture Series. While the Ikeda Wisdom Academy is a youth leaders study program, all SGI-USA members are invited

Hunter FergusonNEW YORK Living Buddhism: Thank you, Hunter, for sharing your experience with us. What were your early years like? Hunter Ferguson: I was born in Harlem and spent my early childhood in a neighborhood overrun by drugs, violence and gangs. I grew to be shy and scared, thinking people were out to hurt or

The following is from Discussions on Youth, new edition, pp. 301–03, in which SGI President Ikeda discusses the significance of the power of prayer when chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon. There are so many religions and so many different objects of devotion. Ikeda Sensei: In Japanese, an object of religious worship or devotion is called

SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 26–28—The 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference on Building Inclusive and Sustainable Cities and Communities included the workshop “Amazon Frontline Report—Challenges and Partnerships for Sustainability in Manaus, Brazil’s Amazonas State.” The SGI and the Soka Institute for Environmental Studies and Research of the Amazon were among the organizations that co-sponsored the

A report from the North America and Oceania Study Conference.