The following are excerpts from Ikeda Sensei’s speech at the headquarters leaders meeting held at the Tokyo Makiguchi Memorial Hall, in Hachioji, Tokyo, on Dec. 16, 1996. Video footage of the speech was broadcast during the most recent Fifth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial, on Nov. 17, 2024. The excerpts were translated
This section features Ikeda Sensei’s seminal guidance to the members of the United States. The following is an abridgement of his speech given at the Youth Training Session, held at Soka University Los Angeles, Calabasas, California, February 25, 1990. The full speech can be found in My Dear Friends in America, fourth edition, pp. 76–83.
A single road, stretching limitlessly. If we follow that single road, that single path, it will link us to the land. And beyond the broad expanse of the land, it will link us to the world as well. If we never stop walking ahead step by step along the correct path in life, then the
Your voices resound and reach the heavens, bringing victory and glory and the protection of the heavenly deities. Buddhism is concerned with winning. This is a point that Nichiren Daishonin made emphatically clear. The law of cause and effect operating within our lives is very strict. We cannot fool ourselves; we know in our hearts
The following poem by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the Feb. 6, 2007, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. My mentorwas a man of great intellect.His life was oneof profound compassion.He was stern.He was gentle. His heart always blazed with an uncontainable fighting spirit againstcorruption and wrongdoing.He was a champion of justice. When
The following essay by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the Sept. 22, 2020, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. My wife, Kaneko, and I did gongyo and chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo together in memory of the deceased on the occasion of the autumn equinox. We solemnly offered prayers for the eternal happiness of
Part 13:‘The Life Span of the Thus Come One’ Chapter—Part 3 of 3 Praying Each Day and Working to Build a World of Happiness Embodying the Words This, My Land, Remains Safe and Tranquil
The Practice of the Buddha’s True Disciples to Awaken All People to the Power of the Mystic Law Inherent in Life
Buddhism is a teaching conveyed through the mentor-disciple relationship. The oneness, or shared commitment, of mentor and disciple forms the essence of Buddhist practice. If we forget the mentor-disciple relationship, we cannot attain Buddhahood. Nor can we achieve eternal happiness or realize kosen-rufu. It is through the bond of mentor and disciple that the Law
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