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This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the December 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. In one of his letters, Nichiren Daishonin commends a disciple who had shown dedicated faith in a time of social turmoil, when people were undergoing great suffering and distress. He writes: “Surely

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the November 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. “Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring” (“Winter Always Turns to Spring,” The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 536),

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the October 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Soka Gakkai districts are beacons of happiness in our communities. The more painful the sufferings of karma afflicting our members and the fiercer the waves of adversity assailing society, the brighter Soka

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the September 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. In both life and society, it is in times of great crisis that we can bring forth tremendous inner strength and open the way to a new age. Nichiren Daishonin demonstrated this

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the August 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law, affirms the great beneficial power of the Mystic Law, which can “change poison into medicine.” He writes: “Though calamities may come,

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the July 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. My journey of mentor and disciple began with Nichiren Daishonin’s treatise “On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land.” At a discussion meeting two years after the close of

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the June 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. June is the birth month of founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi. In a wonderful coincidence, he was born in 1871 in Japan’s Niigata Prefecture, exactly 600 years after Nichiren Daishonin was

This monthly encouragement by Ikeda Sensei was originally published in the May 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. How incredibly noble, deep and strong are the ties shared by mentor and disciples who have overcome all kinds of adversity together, solidly united in spirit and commitment! Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the April 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Learning is light—this is a conviction we have inherited from founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, who continued to study in earnest even while in prison, where he ultimately died

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the March 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. There is a passage from Nichiren Daishonin’s writings that I think of when chanting for the health, long life, safety and security of all our precious members. It is from

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the February 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. I am reminded once again of this declaration by my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda: “We were born into this world to enjoy ourselves.” Amid the ongoing turmoil

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the January 2020 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. A treasure trove of hope for opening the way forward for humanity is actually to be found quite close at hand. It is the youth—young people who are ready to

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the December 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. This year [2019] again, the Soka family has striven tirelessly for kosen-rufu and triumphed. When I read the writings of Nichiren Daishonin, I can almost hear him praising each of

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the November 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. There is an unforgettable passage from the writings of Nichiren Daishonin that I studied together with my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda. It is from a letter addressed

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the October 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. On October 2, 1960, I was en route to Hawaii for my first overseas trip. Placing my hand on the breast pocket of my jacket, in which I had tucked

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the September 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. In one of his letters, Nichiren Daishonin praises a female disciple named Onichi-nyo, who was making sincere efforts to support kosen-rufu in spite of her modest circumstances. He explains to

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the August 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Seventy-two years have passed since that hot summer day when I started my practice of Nichiren Buddhism and began my ascent of the mountain of kosen-rufu, after meeting my mentor,

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the July 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. Every realm of human activity requires practice. Those who engage earnestly in that practice and gain mastery in their chosen field are fulfilled and vibrant. “The heart of the practice

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the June 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. It is 65 years since my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, visiting the ruins of Aoba Castle in the Tohoku city of Sendai, declared that we must make

This monthly encouragement by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda was originally published in the May 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai’s monthly study journal. No other leader I know could compare with my mentor, second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, when it came to his faith in young people, his concern for them and