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From the July 13, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the founding Soka Gakkai president, declared that Soka mentors and disciples are practitioners of the Lotus Sutra, not believers. The fact that the three obstacles and four devils arise, he said, is proof that we are correctly carrying

The following is an essay from SGI President Ikeda’s new series “Our Brilliant Human Revolution,” which originally appeared in the Aug. 23, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. My mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, solemnly urged me on many occasions to engrave certain passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings

This is a new photo essay series Treasures of the Four Seasons by SGI President Ikeda. This text originally appeared in the April 1, 2018, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly newspaper for the elementary school division. Our planet Earth is a beautiful, living art museum. In all places and

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This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the August 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Seventy-two years have passed since that hot summer day when I started my practice of Nichiren Buddhism and began my ascent of the mountain of kosen-rufu, after meeting my mentor,

From the June 11, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. It is now the rainy season in Japan. I am endlessly grateful for all the hard work of our “uncrowned heroes,” the deliverers of the Seikyo Shimbun [the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper]. My wife, Kaneko, and I are praying earnestly

SGI members worldwide are earnestly studying SGI President Ikeda’s novel The New Human Revolution to eternalize the mentor’s teachings and transmit them to future generations. To that end, the World Tribune has begun reprinting President Ikeda’s essays from “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution.” This essay was originally published in the April 15, 1998, issue

SGI members worldwide are earnestly studying SGI President Ikeda’s novel The New Human Revolution to eternalize the mentor’s teachings and transmit them to future generations. To that end, the World Tribune has begun reprinting President Ikeda’s essays from “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution.” This essay was originally published in the April 8, 1998, issue

From the July 5, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. I would like to express my sincere sympathies to all those affected by the recent unprecedented rains in Kagoshima, Miyazaki, Kumamoto and other parts of Kyushu [the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands]. Through faith in the Mystic Law, we

SGI members worldwide are earnestly studying SGI President Ikeda’s novel The New Human Revolution to eternalize the mentor’s teachings and transmit them to future generations. To that end, the World Tribune has begun reprinting President Ikeda’s essays from “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution.” This essay was originally published in the April 1, 1998, issue

SGI President Ikeda sent the following message for the July Youth Discussion Meetings, held across the SGI-USA. To the youth of the SGI-USA, who, like the brilliant rising sun, are even more cheerfully and bravely spreading the humanistic teachings of Buddhism! I offer heartfelt congratulations to you for generating fresh waves of victory with your

This essay appeared in the June 20, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Let me begin by conveying my support and sympathy to all those living in the areas of Niigata and Yamagata prefectures that were struck by a powerful earthquake on June 18. Such a large tremor occurring in

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the July 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Every realm of human activity requires practice. Those who engage earnestly in that practice and gain mastery in their chosen field are fulfilled and vibrant. “The heart of the practice

From the June 1, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. June 6 is the birthday of first Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi. This year marks the 148th anniversary of his birth. The Soka Gakkai’s greatest pride and honor is having this selfless champion and martyr for peace as our mentor

SGI members worldwide are earnestly studying SGI President Ikeda’s novel The New Human Revolution to eternalize the mentor’s teachings and transmit them to future generations. To that end, the World Tribune has begun reprinting President Ikeda’s essays from “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution.” This essay was originally published in the March 29, 1998, Seikyo

From the Feb. 13, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper The earnest wish of my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, was to eliminate all misery and suffering from the face of the earth. This month, as members throughout Japan and the world carry on his spirit and strive

SGI members worldwide are earnestly studying SGI President Ikeda’s The New Human Revolution to both eternalize the mentor’s teachings and transmit them to future generations. To that end, the World Tribune has begun reprinting essays from “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution.” This installment originally appeared in the March 15, 1998, issue of the Seikyo

From the May 8, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. I am delighted to have celebrated another glorious May 3, Soka Gakkai Day, together with my beloved fellow members everywhere, and once more make a fresh departure with you in this new era. I received many congratulatory messages from people

The following are excerpts from SGI President Ikeda’s speech at a Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting in May 2005. These excerpts were featured in a video of the speech, which was shown during the 41st Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting on May 3, 2019. The excerpted text appears in the May 14, 2019, issue of

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the June 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. It is 65 years since my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, visiting the ruins of Aoba Castle in the Tohoku city of Sendai, declared that we must make