November 1, 2024, World Tribune - World Tribune

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Frontline News

Our efforts to connect and reconnect with people—members, friends, everyone—toward our November district meetings begin now. Let’s jump in.

The 2024 documentary Join or Die opens with a man sharing why he signed up for a fraternal society in Waxahachie, Texas, two decades earlier, shortly after his brother had died. “I was needing some brotherhood in my life,” he says. “When I came here, I knew I had found myself a spot where I

Ikeda Sensei

Our Founding Month and the Soka Gakkai Spirit

In this essay, Ikeda Sensei writes of the Soka Gakkai spirit of courageously breaking through self-imposed limitations. It was translated from the Nov. 4, 2003, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. Revolution is the awakening of humanity,” said Sun Yat-sen, the father of modern China. “When people realize that only they can

News

SGI-USA Is Hiring

All positions are based in Santa Monica, California, at the SGI-USA Headquarters. Active participation in SGI-USA activities is required. Please send resumes to jobs@sgi-sa.org. Full-Time Assistant Controller Candidates should have a four-year degree in accounting or finance with an accounting emphasis and at least eight years of professional accounting experience. Duties include managing the general

Experience

Courageously Myself

Homing in on one fear, I unite my family.

Our History

The Origins of Our Soka Movement

In June 1928, at the age of 57, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, a forward-thinking educator, took faith in Nichiren Buddhism with a friend’s urging. Writing of this decision, he said, “With an indescribable joy, I completely changed the way I had lived for almost 60 years.” With this inner awakening, he set out to realize “a bold

Daily Life

Grow With Each Mountain Climbed

Q: I know that when I have problems, I should chant to the Gohonzon about them. Still, I struggle to keep a consistent rhythm of chanting and doing gongyo regularly. Ikeda Sensei: The spirit to seat oneself before the Gohonzon is in itself very important. Those who have the spirit to continue to challenge themselves in

Editorial

Stand Up With the Resolve, ‘I Am the Soka Gakkai!’

The following message by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada was translated from the November 2024 issue of the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal, Daibyakurenge. Through their selfless struggles to spread the Mystic Law, the Soka Gakkai’s three founding presidents paved the way forward, demonstrating that obstacles are a springboard to enlightenment. As Nichiren Daishonin writes,

On the Cover

City of Quito

The City of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, was founded in 1534 on the ruins of an Incan city. Isolated in the Andes Mountains, it sits at an elevation of 9,350 feet and near Pichincha, an active volcano with the latest minor eruption recorded in 1999. Despite this nearby volcano and the numerous earthquakes over