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Installment 5: Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land—Part 2

Academy members should:• be district through national youth leaders.• have their own copy of The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 1.• read the assigned material prior to each meeting. MAY SYLLABUS The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 1, pp. 83–108 Part Two: “Introduction” Chapter• “Three Meetings in Two Places”: Exchange Between Eternity and

May 2023

May 2023

Ikeda Sensei’s Lecture Series [88]

The following commentary is from Ikeda Sensei’s lecture on harmony in his subseries “A Religion of Human Revolution,” part of the “Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World.” It can be found in A Religion of Human Revolution, pp. 59–60. Myo [meaning mystic, of myoho, the Mystic Law] means to revive, that is, to return to

Background Nichiren Daishonin wrote this letter in January 1266. The letter’s content suggests the recipient was a woman who lived in Amatsu of Awa Province who had formerly believed in the Pure Land (Nembutsu) teachings and was relatively new to faith in Nichiren Buddhism. In the letter, Nichiren explains in plain terms the rewards of

Originally published in the March 2023 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. What good fortune we have to journey throughout the three existences—past, present and future—with Nichiren Daishonin, the Mystic Law and our fellow members, forever walking the path of eternity, happiness, true self and purity. In a letter to Soya Doso, who exerted

When the SGI-USA Washington, D.C., Buddhist Center opened on June 25, 2008, it was coined the “SGI Embassy” for its location among the stately foreign embassies that line Massachusetts Avenue on Embassy Row. SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda traveled to the U.S. to officiate the opening ceremony on behalf of Ikeda Sensei, who in a

“Believers in the Lotus Sutra should fear those who attempt to obstruct their practice more than they fear bandits, burglars, night raiders, tigers, wolves, or lions—even more than invasion now by the Mongols.” (“Letter to the Brothers,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 495) Ikeda Sensei’s Guidance Who is it that we, as

Confronting life’s workaday struggles, I learn to live—and write—deeply. I’m Judy Juanita from Oakland.

On January 31, Asle Toje, deputy leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, gave a talk titled “The Nobel Peace Prize: Can It Influence World Peace?” at Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California. Living Buddhism sat down afterward with Mr. Toje to discuss the SGI’s role in contributing to world peace. Living Buddhism: Hello

The heart of the SGI’s peace movement can be found in Nichiren Daishonin’s statement, “Life is the foremost of all treasures.” This sentiment is no more persuasively expressed than in the landmark Declaration for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, which second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda delivered in September 1957 and which, thus, marked the

Installment 4: Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land—Part 1

Academy members should:• be district through national youth leaders.• have their own copy of The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 1.• read the assigned material prior to each meeting. APRIL SYLLABUS The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 1, pp. 41–82 Part One: Prologue• A Scripture that Calls Out to All PeoplePart Two: “Introduction”

April 2023

April 2023

Ikeda Sensei’s Lecture Series [87]

Background Nichiren Daishonin addressed this letter in February 1272 to Sairen-bo, a former priest of the Tendai school of Buddhism, when both were exiled on Sado Island. It seems this letter was a response to a question Sairen-bo had asked about the heritage of the ultimate Law of life, an important principle in the Tendai

“Iron, when heated in the flames and pounded, becomes a fine sword. Worthies and sages are tested by abuse. My present exile is not because of any secular crime. It is solely so that I may expiate in this lifetime my past grave offenses and be freed in the next from the three evil paths.”