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The Power to Win Each Day
Concept #15: Faith Equals Daily Life
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Unity in Diversity
Concept #14: Many in Body, One in Mind
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Each Instant Contains Incredible Possibilities
Concept #13: The Three Thousand Realms in a Single Moment of Life
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Every Situation Is the Best Situation for Elevating Our Lives
Concept #12: The Mutual Possession of the Ten Worlds
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Live Life to the Fullest With Clear Purpose
Scientific studies suggest that certain basic attitudes can greatly enhance our quality of life. One confirms what we may have long suspected: Having a sense of purpose can improve our health, even prolong our lives. A reason for living, it seems, can help us go on living. While purposes come in many shapes and sizes,
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Outshining Our Karma With the “Sun of Wisdom”
Concept #11: Changing Karma
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Breaking Down Barriers, Expanding Our Life State
Concept #10: Casting Off the Transient and Revealing the True
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In ‘Reality,’ We Are All Buddhas
Concept #9: The Fusion of Reality and Wisdom
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The ‘Place of Practice’ Is Right Where We Are
After World War II, agricultural land reforms had stripped the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood of most of the farmland it once owned, leaving it on the verge of financial collapse. In November 1950, a local mayor prompted the priesthood to make their head temple, Taiseki-ji, a tourist site to generate revenue. Second Soka Gakkai President Josei
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How to Amplify Our Power of Faith
Concept #8: The Four Powers
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The Mirror That Reflects Our Truest Self
Concept #7: The Gohonzon
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‘When We Change, Our Land Will Change’
Concept #6: Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land
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The Bodhisattva Opens the Way to Happiness for All
Concept #5: Bodhisattvas of the Earth
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Becoming Buddhas Here and Now
Concept #4: Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
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Changing Our Deepest Karma
Concept #3: The Nine Consciousnesses
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Embracing the Humanistic Pursuits of Art and Culture
Daisaku Ikeda was in his late teens when World War II ended. Amid the chaos and uncertainty of postwar Japan, he at times found solace in music. “Listening to the masterworks of Beethoven … was a source of incredible encouragement,” he says. “It infused me with the strength I needed to get through those extremely
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Challenges Can Fortify Our Growth and Happiness
Concept #2: Changing Poison Into Medicine
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The Fundamental Power of the Universe
Concept #1: Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
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The Lotus Sutra Reveals the Secret Teaching for Attaining Buddhahood
Joju jinjin. Mi-zo-u ho.
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The Noble Mission of Soka Gakkai Buddha
Most of us started practicing Nichiren Buddhism because someone encouraged us to give it a try. Their actions exemplify the founding spirit of Buddhism. Shakyamuni Buddha engaged countless people in dialogues to awaken them to their enlightened potential. Nichiren Daishonin took up this effort, giving his life to spreading the teaching of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to open