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The People Are Sovereign
30 Years of Our Spiritual Independence
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30 Years of Our Spiritual Independence
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These excerpts are from Ikeda Sensei’s essay that was originally published in the Sept. 23, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. On the occasion of the autumn equinox [traditionally a time for memorial services for the deceased in Japan], I offered solemn prayers for all our noble fellow members who in
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This essay was written by Ikeda Sensei as part of his series “The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin and the Mentor-Disciple Relationship.” It was originally published in the Jan. 8, 2009, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun, and in the May 15, 2009, World Tribune. Part 1 was reprinted in the Oct. 1,
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This essay was written by Ikeda Sensei as part of his series “The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin and the Mentor-Disciple Relationship.” It was originally published in the Jan. 8, 2009, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun, and in the May 15, 2009, World Tribune. If you want to understand the causes that
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This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the September 2021 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Four decades have passed since I called out “Youth, scale the mountain of kosen-rufu of the 21st century!” in a poem of that same title I composed in Oita, Kyushu, a place so close to
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This essay by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the Aug. 24, 2021, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. I would like to offer my deepest sympathies to our members around the world struggling in the wake of various natural disasters, including in western Japan, which recently suffered devastating torrential rains.
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This is an essay by Ikeda Sensei originally published in the May 29, 2000, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. In 1937, I was 9 years old. My father was finally beginning to recover from a long, severe bout of rheumatism. It was at just that time that my eldest brother was
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To mark the 20th anniversary of the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, the World Tribune is reprinting the poignant message Ikeda Sensei sent to the members of the SGI-USA on its one-year anniversary. In it, Sensei conveys the important role that America plays in securing peace for all humanity. This message was originally published
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This installment of the series “Unforgettable Journeys” features excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s essay on Nepal originally published in the Soka Gakkai-affiliated monthly magazine Pumpkin and later in book form in Japanese. This was translated from the Nov. 20, 2020, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Mountains elevate us to greater heights, and
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This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the August 2021 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. I once shared the following words of Nichiren Daishonin with our dedicated statistics department members, whose careful and accurate behind-the-scenes efforts have been crucial to the development of kosen-rufu: “Though the 4,994,828 men and women
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This essay by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the July 27, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. It is a Soka Gakkai tradition to use summer as a time for developing ourselves, fostering capable people and working toward a hope-filled future. This year again, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, members throughout
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Message Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Young Men’s Division
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Message Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Young Women’s Division
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4th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting
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This essay, which was originally published in the July 2, 2005, Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, can be found in Men Shining With Youthful Brilliance: Guidance to the Men of the SGI-USA, pp. 18–23. The nineteenth-century English poet Anne Brontë wrote: “While Faith is with me, I am blest; / It turns my
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This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the July 2021 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. When I was young and struggling with illness, my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, once encouraged me by having me read this passage from The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings: Our head
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This is Ikeda Sensei’s essay, originally published in the June 21, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. June 23 is Okinawa Memorial Day [a public holiday in Okinawa Prefecture and a day of remembrance for those who lost their lives during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II]. It was
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This Ikeda Sensei’s essay was originally published in the June 10, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. In this year celebrating the 800th anniversary of Nichiren Daishonin’s birth, I am reminded of his profound connections to Tokyo, an area then known as part of Musashi Province and the Musashino Plain. The
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This essay from Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution” series in the April 11, 2000, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. It was also previously published in the June 16, 2000, World Tribune. Part 1 was republished in the June 18, 2021, World Tribune. In
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Songs of Light