December 15, 2023, World Tribune

The following are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the 68th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting held at the Shibukawa Peace Center in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, on July 7, 1993. Video footage of the speech was broadcast on Nov. 1, 2023, during the most recent Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial. These excerpts

This life is like a dream. One cannot be sure that one will live until tomorrow. However wretched a beggar you might become, never disgrace the Lotus Sutra. Since it will be the same in any event, do not betray grief. Just as you have written in your letter, you must act and speak without

On Nov. 27, 2023, Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada announced at a divisional representatives conference that Nov. 15, the anniversary of Ikeda Sensei’s passing, will now be commemorated every year, along with Nov. 18 and April 2, the memorial anniversaries of presidents Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda, respectively. In The New Human Revolution, Ikeda Sensei

The SGI-USA has begun posting daily guidance in the SGI-USA app to replace “To My Friends.” “Toward 2030 With Ikeda Sensei” features brief passages from The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, parts 1–3, gleaned from more than 50 years of our eternal mentor’s works, including The New Human Revolution. The SGI-USA previously planned to

BALTIMORE—North of the Chesapeake Bay, the site of a crucial naval battle during the American Revolution, now lies a stronghold of peace. More than 300 members and guests from Chesapeake Bay Region gathered on Nov. 5, 2023, for the grand opening of the new SGI-USA Baltimore Buddhist Center. The facility, nestled in Linthicum Heights, a

Basing my life on winning daimoku, I give my all to motherhood, leadership and a long-held dream.

This installment of “Living the Writings: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda,” was originally published in the July 22, 2011, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. [In China long ago, the general] T’ai-kung Wang undertook to invade the Yin realm because the Earl of the West [King Wen of the Chou

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