TagFounding Spirit

November 18, 1930

In the following excerpts taken from The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, Ikeda Sensei describes encountering his mentor, Josei Toda, for the first time on Aug. 14, 1947. A small group of people were making their way quickly through the darkening streets to a certain house in Kojiya, in the Kamata area of Tokyo’s

Napoleon declared that it was not Voltaire or Rousseau who brought an end to the old regime; newspapers did it. Victor Hugo said that without newspapers, the French Revolution would never have occurred. In any age where people come to the fore, you will find newspapers providing the impetus.—Ikeda Sensei On Saturday, Aug. 15, 1964, the World Tribune printed

This month, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of “Soar—Into the Vast Skies of Freedom! Into the New Century!” the last poem that Ikeda Sensei dedicated to the SGI-USA. Living Buddhism spoke with the SGI-USA leadership team from that time regarding the poem’s significance and how to study it for the future. This roundtable discussion includes:

Celebrating 55 Years of the World Tribune

There have always been songs that rouse hope in people’s hearts for the flourishing of culture and the emergence of the people. Shin’ichi wanted to compose a song of life that would inspire all members to build a new age of humanistic culture and humanism. SGI President Ikeda introduced the “Song of Human Revolution” at

Seventy years later, lessons gleaned from Daisaku Ikeda’s time working for Josei Toda’s company. August 14, 1947. Daisaku Ikeda was 19 years old when he attended his first Soka Gakkai discussion meeting amid the devastation of a war-torn, defeated Japan. His eldest brother, Kiichi, had been killed during World War II and his family home