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Songs of Light

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the June 2021 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Those who practice Nichiren Buddhism just as Nichiren Daishonin teaches are certain to become happy and win in life. That is the essence of the Soka Gakkai’s “faith for absolute victory.” Our founding president, Tsunesaburo

Abutsu-bo and the Lay Nun Sennichi

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Message From Ikeda Sensei and Kaneko Ikeda

Translated from the September 24, 2019, Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. At this time of the autumn equinox [when the deceased are traditionally remembered in Japan], I visited the Soka Gakkai Mentors Hall in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, and offered my sincere prayers in memory of the deceased (on September 21). I also chanted wholeheartedly

Abutsu-bo and the Lay Nun Sennichi

In Hall Caine’s epic novel The Eternal City, the youthful revolutionary David Rossi cries out: “Be brave, be strong, be patient.” Our youthful revolutionaries of kosen-rufu are forging ahead with courage, abundant self-confidence and steadfast perseverance. As the young men’s division marks its 55th anniversary this month (July 2006), I am thrilled with the vigorous

This essay from Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the April 29, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. My mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, treasured and took great pride in the happy, smiling faces and the bright, compassionate voices of the women of Soka. In an age when there

Ikeda Sensei's Guidance for the Future Division

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the May 2021 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. My mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, declared: “The reason for our appearance in this world is to hold high the great banner of kosen-rufu.” These were the closing words of his article titled

This was translated from the April 10, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. In April 20, the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai newspaper in Japan, will celebrate its 70th anniversary. Nichiren Daishonin writes, “A person of wisdom is not one who practices Buddhism apart from worldly affairs” (“The Kalpa of Decrease,”

This essay from the Treasures of the Four Seasons series first appeared in the Sept. 1, 2019, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly newspaper for the elementary school division. Summer vacation has flown by, and school has begun again [in Japan]. You might feel nervous or anxious returning to school

Ikeda Sensei composed the following poems in celebration of May 3, 2021—Soka Gakkai Day and Soka Gakkai Mother’s Day—a date that also marks the 70th anniversary of Josei Toda’s inauguration as second Soka Gakkai president and the 61st anniversary of Sensei’s inauguration as third president. The poems were first published in the May 3, 2021,

Shijo Kingo

Third Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the April 2021 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. In 1951, just ahead of his inauguration as second Soka Gakkai president, my mentor, Josei Toda, began preparing for the publication of the first issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s newspaper. He demonstrated

Shijo Kingo

The following was translated from the March 23, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, the Seikyo Shimbun. This year again, a wave of cherry blossoms has begun to make its northward journey from Okinawa, Hiroshima and other areas. A glorious springtime abloom with cherry blossoms has arrived. Nichiren Daishonin loved and celebrated cherry

This essay by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the Feb. 25, 2021, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, the Seikyo Shimbun. Allow me once again to express my sincere sympathy to those affected by the Feb. 13, 2021, earthquake, which caused considerable damage in Tohoku’s Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures and neighboring areas. The