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This essay appeared in the March 11, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. The strong, warm voice of my mentor that day still resounds in my heart. In April 1956, during a visit to Sendai in Tohoku’s Miyagi Prefecture, [second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda] was interviewed by a local

Every year, on May 3, SGI members around the world celebrate Soka Gakkai Day to honor Josei Toda’s inauguration as the second Soka Gakkai president (1951) and Daisaku Ikeda’s inauguration as the successive president (1960). The following is SGI President Ikeda’s essay on May 3, which first appeared in the May 3, 2000, issue of

From the March 25, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. The spring of Soka cherry trees has arrived! The Youth Cherry Tree long adorning the Soka Gakkai Headquarters complex in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, is also in bloom, thanks to the careful tending by master gardeners over the years. Nichiren Daishonin also

This year, SGI members worldwide are earnestly studying SGI President Ikeda’s novel 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 was adapted from the Jan. 14, 1998, World

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the April 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. “Let’s fight our hardest, with courage and joy!”—this was the dauntless spirit with which my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, faced the most formidable challenges. No matter how

From the March 5, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. As the season changes from winter to spring and unpredictable weather continues, I am praying earnestly each day for the health and absolute safety of our “uncrowned heroes” who deliver the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, the Seikyo Shimbun. Nichiren Daishonin

This year, SGI members worldwide are earnestly studying SGI President Ikeda’s The New Human Revolution. To that end, the World Tribune has begun reprinting essays from “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution.” This installment was adapted from the Jan. 12, 1998, Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. President Ikeda appears in the novel under

The following is an essay from SGI President Ikeda’s new series “Our Brilliant Human Revolution,” which originally appeared in the Feb. 4, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. “Light enlightens,” declared the great French writer Victor Hugo (1802–85). His masterpiece Les Misérables relates the quest for the light that makes

This year, 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 was adapted from the March 27, 1998, World Tribune.

From the Jan. 15, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper I’m very happy to hear that our members in Japan and throughout the world have started the year off with even greater vigor and energy. When British historian Arnold J. Toynbee and I concluded our dialogue, he gripped my hand

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the March 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. During my unforgettable studies at “Toda University,” my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, once remarked with a smile, “Nichiren Buddhism is truly generous and all-encompassing!” We had just

From the Jan 5, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Together with fellow members throughout the world, we have vibrantly set forth into the Year of Soka Victory. Members attended New Year’s gongyo meetings in high spirits, even in snowbound regions. Some were joined by non-practicing family members, and participants

This year, 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 SGI President Ikeda’s essay series “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution.” This installment was originally published in the Jan.

The Eternal Citadel of Soka

The Eternal Citadel of Soka

SGI President Ikeda composed the following poems, which were presented to members at New Year’s gongyo meetings throughout Japan. The poems were published in the Jan. 4, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Together with precious friends, let’s create a harmonious world where flowers of victory bloom— each unique and

I am delighted to start this hope-filled Year of Soka Victory together with my dear fellow members around the world. I would especially like to express my gratitude to you, the noble members of the women’s and young women’s divisions, the suns of Soka, for your energetic endeavors. In my husband’s office, there is a

The following are excerpts from SGI President Ikeda’s speech at a Soka Gakkai New Year’s leaders meeting held in January 1993. These excerpts were featured in a video of the speech, which was shown during the 40th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting of the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, held in Tokyo, on Jan. 12,

SGI President Ikeda sent the following message to the 40th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting of the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, held on Jan. 12 at the Toda Memorial Auditorium in Tokyo. Visiting SGI representatives from 14 countries and territories also attended the meeting celebrating the start of 2019, the Year of Soka Victory.

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the January 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. The dawn of a new year marks the start of a fresh drama of human revolution. If everyone were to support and encourage one another throughout the year in the