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Frontline News

Women’s Month Victory!

by Naoko Leslie, Maya Gunaseharan and Olivia Saito SGI-USA Women’s, Young Women’s and Youth Leaders Congratulations on holding the most joyful women’s and young women’s commemorative gongyo meetings throughout the SGI-USA in February! We have heard incredible reports about the inspiring gatherings that took place to celebrate Feb. 27, SGI-USA Women’s Day. The power that

Experience

My Daughter, My Teacher

by Eri Kameyama Torrance, Calif. On Dec. 21, 2016, my third daughter, Makoto, was born. Despite our efforts, she didn’t gain weight during her first year and remained developmentally like a 3-month-old. Because she could only take in small amounts of food, I had to feed her almost hourly, day and night. I was exhausted

Ikeda Sensei

The Magnificent Ceremony on March 16

This year, SGI members worldwide are earnestly studying SGI President Ikeda’s The New Human Revolution to both eternalize the mentor’s teachings and transmit them to future generations. To that end, the World Tribune has begun reprinting essays from “Thoughts on The New Human Revolution.” This installment was adapted from the March 27, 1998, World Tribune.

Ikeda Sensei

Bringing Flowers of Dialogue to Bloom in Our Communities and the World

From the Jan. 15, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper I’m very happy to hear that our members in Japan and throughout the world have started the year off with even greater vigor and energy. When British historian Arnold J. Toynbee and I concluded our dialogue, he gripped my hand

Buddhist Study

Winning Over Arrogance

Founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi once said: “Do we make our lives dwellings of the Buddha, which lead us to happiness, or do we instead make them abodes of devilish functions, which lead us to unhappiness? We have to choose either one or the other. Actively driving devilish functions out and defeating them will

Q&A

Q: Is there a faster way to achieve kosen-rufu than reaching person by person?

The quick answer is, “No.” Simply put, dialogue and one-to-one exchanges are the unchanging method by which we can most effectively spread Buddhism. With the rise of cell phones, social media and instantaneous digital communications, we may think that there must be a quicker way to spread Nichiren Buddhism and realize peace in the world.

In Society

Everyday Phrases Shakespeare Popularized

William Shakespeare (bapt. April 26, 1564—April 23, 1616) was a poet, playwright and actor during the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages of British theater (sometimes called the English Renaissance or the early modern period). He is widely considered the greatest writer in the English language and is referred to as England’s national poet and the “Bard