July 2020 Living Buddhism

The Bodhisattvas of the Earth have emerged! They have arisen! They have started to stir, to move! Here, on the American continent, the winds of a new era have begun to blow. Raising ruby goblets, we toast the further completion of this wondrous new path glittering with happiness and peace. Lifting our voices high in

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the June 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. June is the birth month of founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi. In a wonderful coincidence, he was born in 1871 in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture, exactly 600 years after Nichiren Daishonin was

Deeply committed to the education and development of children and youth, SGI President Ikeda, as the third Soka Gakkai president, established the high school division in June 1964, the junior high school division in January 1965, and the boys and girls division in September 1965—which together comprise the future division. The present generation of future

The Mentor-Disciple Relationship and the Journey of Kosen-rufu

The Ikeda Wisdom Academy is an SGI-USA youth division movement to engage youth leaders in advanced study. This month, academy members will study chapter 13 of The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life: SGI President Ikeda’s Lecture Series. While the Ikeda Wisdom Academy is a youth leaders study program, all SGI-USA members are invited

by SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda

Chapter Summary On September 8, 1973, The Human Revolution film, based on Shin’ichi Yamamoto’s novel, opened at the Yurakuza Theater in Tokyo and later nationwide. The film, acted and produced by noted individuals in the film industry, played to record audiences. The project took shape in response to a request by a well-known producer who

Chapter Summary “Shin’ichi Yamamoto knew that he needed genuine disciples. He was therefore determined to foster capable successors overflowing with the Soka Gakkai spirit” (The New Human Revolution, vol. 18, p. 86). It was with this resolve that he attended the 1973 Soka Gakkai summer training session and poured his life into encouraging the 100,000

Chapter Summary On November 10, 1973, Shin’ichi Yamamoto began visiting members in the Shikoku region of Japan. Leading up to this visit, members in Ehime Prefecture engaged in an all-out effort to increase guest subscriptions to the Seikyo Shimbun to promote understanding of the Soka Gakkai in their communities. At the Matsuyama Community Center, Shin’ichi

Chapter Summary At the New Year’s gongyo meeting in 1974, Shin’ichi Yamamoto shared these words from Nichiren Daishonin: “When great evil occurs, great good follows” (“Great Evil and Great Good,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 1119). With the conviction to turn turmoil and upheaval into hope, Soka Gakkai members commenced the Year

This installment, published in the April 15, 2020, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that Ikeda Sensei discusses in volume 18 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “At the seaside, wood is regarded as a treasure, and in the mountains, salt. In a drought, water is thought of

A: The concise answer to this question is: No. This is because our efforts to establish happiness and peace throughout the world come down to an ongoing struggle to transform the hearts and minds of all people, to help them win over their negative tendencies and to bring forth their inherent goodness. Nichiren Daishonin outlined the

“Kosen-rufu will definitely be achieved if even one young person is willing to dedicate their entire life to it.” —Second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda July is the month of youth for the Soka Gakkai—the month in which the young men’s and young women’s divisions were founded on July 11 and 19, 1951, respectively, and

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Purpose of Buddhist Study

It is the heart that is important. No matter how earnestly Nichiren prays for you, if you lack faith, it will be like trying to set fire to wet tinder. Spur yourself to muster the power of faith. Regard your survival as wondrous. Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other. “All others

Toward a Century of Health: The Wisdom for Leading a Long Life of Good Fortune and Benefit—Part 2 [54]