Frontline News
Creating a District With Many Youth Is Up to Me
In March, 3,000 (and counting) youth guests took part in our district discussion meetings. So, what’s next?
In this issue
Ikeda Sensei
Now Is the Time to Study the Supreme Philosophy of Life (Part 1)
The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was translated from the Oct. 19, 2007, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. It was originally published in the Nov. 30, 2007, World Tribune. The American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) declared: “Thought’s holy light. / Better it is than gems or gold, / And oh!
In Society
The Art of Connection
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.— “Why do you do what you do?” For two uninterrupted minutes, one person spoke while the other simply listened. The interactive exercise sparked meaningful connections and transformed theory into practice during the Soka University of America (SUA) event themed “The Art of Connection—Part 1: Wisdom,” held March 28 on the university campus.
Experience
By the Root
How my newborn son taught me that happiness is something we fight for.
Frontline News
On the Spirit of Offerings
Nichiren Daishonin was a person of profound appreciation and humanism. He always opened his letters to disciples by expressing his deepest gratitude for the offerings they sent him, going so far as to detail each one. To a husband and wife who offered him an unlined robe, he wrote that, when he dons the robe
Buddhist Study
Identifying and Winning Over the ‘Three Powerful Enemies’
This new study series will cover Soka Spirit topics to be presented by a youth or student division member at Soka 2030 meetings on the last Sunday of each month. If there exists a votary of the Lotus Sutra, then the three types of enemies are bound to exist as well. (“The Opening of the
Frontline News
New World Tribune App
Download the latest version of the World Tribune app for even easier access to news, study and encouragement from the SGI-USA’s Voice of Courage and Hope—the weekly newspaper, World Tribune, and monthly study magazine, Living Buddhism. To download the latest version of the app, go to the App Store (for Apple users) or Play Store
Women's Division Column
Changing Our Destiny Through Sharing Buddhism
The World Tribune is publishing Ikeda Sensei’s encouragement every month for the SGI-USA women’s division’s America Victory Daimoku Group and Sophia Group meetings. The following excerpt is from The New Human Revolution, vol. 2, revised edition, p. 251. “Some of you may feel you couldn’t possibly introduce others to Nichiren Buddhism and successfully have them
On the Cover
The Olympic Truce
How the modern Olympics breathes life into an ancient tradition.