February 2024 Living Buddhism

This section of Living Buddhism will feature Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following speech was given at the First SGI-USA Training Meeting held at the Malibu Training Center in Malibu, California, onFebruary 12, 1990. It can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, pp. 3–5.

Discussion meetings are the heart of the SGI’s kosen-rufu movement. At these gatherings, we study Buddhist philosophy and share our struggles and victories. We inspire fellow members and guests by showing that we can overcome obstacles through faith. Whether the number of people who attend a meeting is large or small, the important thing is

Great evil portends the arrival of great good. If all of Jambudvipa [the entire world] were to be thrown into chaos, there could be no doubt that [this sutra would] “be widely propagated throughout Jambudvipa.”—“The Kalpa of Decrease,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 1122 Ikeda Sensei’s Guidance The light of wisdom of

Overcoming profound self-doubt and the loss of my mother prepares me for a journey of 10,000 miles. I’m Yoko Ambulo from Chicago.

Every year on February 27, the women of America celebrate SGI-USA Women’s Day and the birthday of SGI Honorary Women’s Leader Kaneko Ikeda. Together, they renew their vow to “become the happiest people in the world” (My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, p. 95). This month, Living Buddhism carries the following excerpts from SGI

At the East-West Center, Ikeda Sensei discusses the departure point for lasting peace and human security: the renewal and invigoration of the human being. In October 1960, Ikeda Sensei began his worldwide travels for peace, starting from Hawaii. Incidentally, that same year, the U.S. Congress established the East–West Center in Honolulu to foster better relations

Installment 13: The Sado Exile—Part 1

Academy members should:• be district through national youth leaders.• have their own copy of The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 2.• read the assigned material prior to each meeting. FEBRUARY SYLLABUS The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, vol. 2, pp. 183–211 Part Seven: “Teacher of the Law” Chapter• Teachers of the Law Live Among

February 2024

Installment 10 | Installment 20 | Installment 30 | Installment 40 | Installment 50 | Installment 60 Installment 1 History moves. Times change. The determination and actions of human beings make this happen. On August 12, 1978, the Japan-China peace and friendship treaty was signed, setting in motion a new age of Japan-China relations. At

Part 6: ‘The Parable of the Phantom City’ Chapter—The Lotus Sutra Is a Chronicle of the Shared Struggle of Mentor and Disciple Spanning Past, Present and Future

by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada Every New Year brings to mind a memory I have of Ikeda Sensei. Thirty years ago [in 1994], he attended New Year’s gongyo sessions at the Soka Gakkai Headquarters in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, on January 1, and at the Tokyo Makiguchi Memorial Hall in Hachioji on the 2nd. Not only