TagThe Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace

“The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace” is a three-part series that features key selections from SGI President Ikeda’s collected works, which thus far have been compiled into 150 volumes in Japanese. These selections introduce core concepts expressing the wisdom and universal message of Nichiren Buddhism. Through this series, SGI members throughout the world are

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Future Division: The Key to the Ongoing Development of Kosen-rufu

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Future Division: The Key to the Ongoing Development of Kosen-rufu

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Future Division: The Key to the Ongoing Development of Kosen-rufu

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—Conclusion: Toward the Future

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—Conclusion: Toward the Future

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Flowering of a New Humanism

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Flowering of a New Humanism

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Flowering of a New Humanism

This guidance is from section 26.2 of “The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace” series, published in the December 2017 Living Buddhism, p. 54. [First Soka Gakkai President] Tsunesaburo Makiguchi began practicing Nichiren Buddhism at the age of 57, in 1928, the year I was born. He was by no means a young man. In

This guidance is from section 25.7 of “The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace” series, published in the November 2017 Living Buddhism, pp. 61–62. At the leaders meeting, the young men’s division leader asked Shin’ichi Yamamoto:“With the beginning of the second chapter of kosen-rufu, the Soka Gakkai will initiate a multifaceted movement that reaches out

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Flowering of a New Humanism

This guidance is from section 25.2 of “The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace” series, published in the October 2017 Living Buddhism, p. 63. We need to be aware of the importance of the mentor-disciple relationship in terms of awakening to and carrying out our personal mission in life, as well as promoting the betterment

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Flowering of a New Humanism

This guidance is from section 24.9 of “The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace” series, published in the September 2017 Living Buddhism, pp. 59–60. In August 53 years ago (in 1947), I became a disciple of second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda. Soon after joining the Soka Gakkai, I read Nichiren Daishonin’s writing “On Practicing

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Flowering of a New Humanism

This guidance is from section 24.2 of “The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace” series, published in the August 2017 Living Buddhism, pp. 60-61. Bighearted people are happy. Our Buddhist practice enables us to become such individuals. I hope all of you will become people who are generous and broad-minded. The vast ocean has boundless

Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace—The Flowering of a New Humanism

This guidance is from section 23.4 of “The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace” series, published in the July 2017 Living Buddhism, p. 56. Nichiren Daishonin taught his disciples to proceed in the spirit of “many in body, one in mind.” This was his clear guidance. Acting in accord with his teachings is the mark