June 2021 Living Buddhism

How my Buddhist practice enabled me to make my family whole and bring hope to others.I’m Gene Kang, from Los Angeles.

Ikeda Sensei's Guidance for the Future Division

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the May 2021 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. My mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, declared: “The reason for our appearance in this world is to hold high the great banner of kosen-rufu.” These were the closing words of his article titled

Commemorating 150 Years Since Founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi's Birth

Ikeda Wisdom Academy—Advanced Study for SGI-USA Youth Division

District Study for June

Illustrations by Leo Matsuda

A Conversation With Kaneko Ikeda

“Abutsu-bo is therefore the treasure tower itself, and the treasure tower is Abutsu-bo himself. No other knowledge is purposeful. It is the treasure tower adorned with the seven kinds of treasures—hearing the correct teaching, believing it, keeping the precepts, engaging in meditation, practicing assiduously, renouncing one’s attachments, and reflecting on oneself.” (“On the Treasure Tower,”

Ikeda Sensei’s Lecture Series [65]