October 2021 Living Buddhism

My practice has given me the courage and wisdom to build a victorious career. I’m Steve Saperstein from Boston.

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the September 2021 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Four decades have passed since I called out “Youth, scale the mountain of kosen-rufu of the 21st century!” in a poem of that same title I composed in Oita, Kyushu, a place so close to

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

by SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda

Chapter Summary After departing India, Shin’ichi Yamamoto arrived in Hong Kong on February 16, 1979. There, he participated in a conference with Southeast Asia members, a cultural festival and various other events before returning to Japan on February 20. Then, in early March, a Soka Gakkai vice president made careless remarks directed at the priesthood,

Chapter Summary Having become honorary Soka Gakkai president, Shin’ichi Yamamoto dedicated himself to encouraging the members. And to open a path to world peace, he met with many diplomats and leading thinkers from numerous countries. In August 1979, Soka Gakkai International members from 41 countries and three territories traveled to Japan. As SGI president, Shin’ichi

Chapter Summary On April 21, 1980, Shin’ichi Yamamoto arrived in China, his fifth visit to the country. After completing his nine-day trip, he flew into Nagasaki in southwest Japan on April 29 to visit the members there. He was determined to launch a fresh struggle to open a new way forward for kosen-rufu. He traveled

Chapter Summary On May 16, 1981, Shin’ichi Yamamoto arrived in West Germany, having departed the Soviet Union earlier that day. Two days later, at the Frankfurt Community Center, he encouraged members at a meeting commemorating the 20th anniversary of kosen-rufu in Germany. On May 20, he made his first visit to Bulgaria. The next day,

This installment, published in the June 16, 2021, Seikyo Shimbun, focuses on passages from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that Ikeda Sensei discusses in volume 30 of The New Human Revolution. Passage 1 “Neither non-Buddhists nor the enemies of Buddhism can destroy the correct teaching of the Thus Come One, but the Buddha’s disciples definitely can. As

Happiness

Illustrations by Leo Matsuda

“Even if it seems that, because I was born in the ruler’s domain, I follow him in my actions, I will never follow him in my heart.” (“The Selection of the Time,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 579) Background Nichiren Daishonin used words and ideas in his struggle for justice and the

Ikeda Sensei’s Lecture Series [69]

Ikeda Sensei has had dialogues with leading figures throughout the world to advance peace. To date, more than 80 of his dialogues have been published in book form. This series highlights one dialogue a month. The following excerpts are from The Art of True Relations (pp. 159–64), a dialogue between Daisaku Ikeda and Sarah Wider,