CategoryThe Brilliant Path of Worldwide Kosen-rufu

This installment, published in the February 17, 2021, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that Ikeda Sensei discusses in volume 26 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “Shakyamuni Buddha had all the thirty-two auspicious features, his body a golden color, his face like the full moon. And yet

Learning From The New Human Revolution

Learning From The New Human Revolution

by SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda

Chapter Summary On March 11, 1977, Shin’ichi Yamamoto visited the new Fukushima Culture Center. He spoke with the Tohoku Region leader and Fukushima Prefecture leader about how best to develop young people. In the evening, he participated in a meeting to commemorate the opening of the new culture center. He reconfirmed three guidelines he had

Chapter Summary In 1977, Shin’ichi Yamamoto attended successive gongyo sessions to celebrate the openings of community centers throughout Japan. On May 18, he traveled to the southwestern-most island of Kyushu to attend a headquarters leaders meeting at the Kyushu Peace Center. He urged participants to foster capable individuals, while also showing warm consideration for the

Chapter Summary On May 22, 1977, at an unveiling ceremony for a monument engraved with a poem, Shin’ichi Yamamoto said, “Kyushu’s mission to be trailblazers means that members here must continue to be trailblazers into the distant future” (The New Human Revolution, vol. 25, p. 184). He also conversed with the Fukuoka Prefecture young men’s

Chapter Summary On May 27, Shin’ichi departed for the Kumamoto Culture Center. At the unveiling of a stone monument, which featured a description of the origins of the culture center, he encouraged the youth. In a discussion with leaders, he said, “The single most important quality of capable individuals is that they have unsparingly dedicated

This installment, published in the November 17, 2020, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that Ikeda Sensei discusses in volume 25 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “Teaching another something is the same as oiling the wheels of a cart so that they turn even though it is

by SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda

Chapter Summary At the end of August 1976, Shin’ichi Yamamoto’s dialogue with the French writer André Malraux (1901–76) titled Ningen kakumei to ningen no joken (Changes Within: The Human Revolution and the Human Condition) was published in Japanese. And from mid-August through early October 1976, the Soka Gakkai’s prefectural and local culture festivals were held

Chapter Summary One night in late autumn of 1976, Shin’ichi set out with members of the Gajokai to thoroughly inspect the Soka Gakkai headquarters facilities and surrounding areas in order to ensure against any fi res and mishaps. He emphasized with the young men the importance to have the spirit to protect the Soka Gakkai.

Chapter Summary In 1977, the Soka Gakkai aimed to strengthen the front lines of the organization, which is the main arena of the kosen-rufu movement. Shin’ichi Yamamoto participated in gongyo meetings for greater block leaders of various divisions and deeply instilled firm confidence in Buddhism in the hearts of all those who attended. In a

Chapter Summary On October 24, 1973, the business professionals division, the farming communities division, housing complex division and the executives division were established with the aim of helping their members contribute to their communities and society based on faith. On February 2, 1977, Shin’ichi Yamamoto attended the business professionals division meeting and presented several key

This installment, published in the October 21, 2020, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that Ikeda Sensei discusses in volume 24 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “When he was alive, he was a Buddha in life, and now he is a Buddha in death. He is a

by SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda

Chapter Summary The Sapporo Soka Kindergarten in Sapporo, Hokkaido (the northernmost of Japan’s four main islands), opened its doors on April 16, 1976. As its founder, Shin’ichi Yamamoto participated in the entrance ceremony, greeting each pupil as they arrived. The day before the ceremony he had a chance to engage in a discussion with the

Chapter Summary The opening ceremony for Soka University’s Division of Correspondence Education was held on May 16, 1976. Although desperately wanting to attend the ceremony, because he could not attend in person, Shin’ichi Yamamoto sent a recorded message. He stated in his message, “You, the members of the first Division of Correspondence Education class, are

Chapter Summary On the night of May 16, 1976, a Working Students Forum was held for the Soka Gakkai young men’s student division night school section. In August 1975, Shin’ichi Yamamoto had named this group of students the Soaring Group. These youth burned with the pride that they were following in the footsteps of their

Chapter Summary On July 23, while in Nagoya, Shin’ichi Yamamoto encouraged young women’s division members of a training group called the Seishun-kai (Spring of Youth Group). That evening, he traveled to Mie Prefecture for his first visit to the Chubu No. 1 General Training Center. He toured the facility and viewed an exhibition of items