Frontline News
Opening the Next 50 Years of Global Kosen-rufu
The Soka Gakkai International
50th Anniversary Commemorative Meeting, held on Guam, underscores the people’s network of human harmony.
In this issue
Ikeda Sensei
The Proud Mission of the SGI
This essay originally appeared in the Jan. 26, 2023, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun, and the Feb. 10, 2023, World Tribune, pp. 10–11. My mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, placed deep trust in our pioneering members of Tohoku, centering around Sendai Chapter. He regarded them as a model for
Experience
What Families Do
Planting seeds of peace in Guam, I unite my family and expand it, too.
Q&A
The Path of Victory for All People
On Jan. 26, 2025, SGI-USA training course participants took part in a Q&A session with SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa in Tumon, Guam. Q. This week, we’ve discussed the state of the world when the SGI was founded in 1975 (amid heightened Cold War tensions). In our Buddhist practice, we focus on making many causes
Editorial
A ‘Leader of Ordinary People’
SGI-USA training course participants attended a gongyo meeting with Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada at the Soka Gakkai Headquarters in Tokyo, on Jan. 22, 2025. SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa and SGI Women’s Leader Yumiko Kasanuki were also in attendance. President Harada’s excerpted address follows. First, I would like to express my deepest condolences to
Frontline News
Latte Peace Festival
SGI-USA representatives take part in 13th annual Latte Peace Festival on Jan. 25, 2025 at Tamuning Municipal Park in Guam. The community event, co-founded by the SGI-USA, aims to inspire action for global peace. Latte stones (pronounced lah-tee) are remnants of ancient CHamoru culture in Guam and symbolize the people’s strength, identity and resilience. Awards
Women's Division Column
Sowing the Seeds of Encouragement
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 Reaching Beyond—Improvisations on Jazz, Buddhism, and a Joyful Life, pp. 189–190. I am certain that many people have felt this gratitude to someone for their help and
On the Cover
Linking the Hearts of People
How ordinary people built bridges of shared struggle amid the devastation of war.
In Society
Planet Parades
From January to February, all seven other planets in our solar system are lining up across the night sky before dawn or after sunset. They include Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn—as bright points of light, all visible to the naked eye—with Uranus and Neptune visible only with a telescope. With the next visible planet