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A person of firm resolve is strong. Resolute prayer strengthens our life force. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, p. 274
World Tribune
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The Soka Gakkai didn’t appear first and then become filled with people. People began forming bonds with one another; their circle grew and gave rise organically to the Soka Gakkai organization. Therefore, the organization exists only and always for the sake of people; people don’t exist for the organization. Please never forget this point. I … …
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If our lives are always smooth sailing, we’ll never be able to savor real happiness. It goes without saying that the treasure of happiness cannot be found in a life of ease and idleness. The diamond of happiness can be found only by making our way into the deep mountain recesses of life with great … …
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I always feel a rising excitement in my heart when the week for discussion meetings comes around each month. I envision the warm light glowing in the windows of meeting places throughout Japan… I wish that I could sit inconspicuously in the back of each room, wholeheartedly applauding and cheering on every speaker. From The … …
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I proposed, and the decision was made, to name the newspaper World Tribune. I couldn’t help thinking that the paper being given that name in the skies over India, the birthplace of Buddhism, heralded the great worldwide transmission of Nichiren Buddhism, which so clearly elucidates the essence of the Lotus Sutra. Sept. 5, 2014, World … …
SGI-USA Statement on the earthquakes in Venezuela and Colombia
We offer our sincerest condolences to all who were impacted by the recent devastating earthquakes in Venezuela and Colombia and are offering prayers for their safety, well-being, and earliest possible recovery.
Ikeda Sensei encouraged victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Northeastern Japan, saying, “I can only imagine your exhaustion.” He continued:
Nothing can destroy the treasures of the heart … Our practice of Nichiren Buddhism, our faith in the Mystic Law, enables us to change all poison into medicine without fail.”
On behalf of our entire membership, SGI-USA will be making a contribution of ten thousand dollars towards ongoing relief efforts in those countries.
Please take the best care as you care for others in your community.
Sincerely,
The SGI-USA National Team
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That was August 14, 1947, the fateful day that changed the course of my life forever. It was the day I gave my promise and pledge to Josei Toda to join the Soka Gakkai, which I did on August 24, ten days later. I was nineteen when I attended that discussion meeting. Mr. Toda, my … …
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Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo in itself, of course, brings us benefit. But when our prayer to overcome our illness meshes with a deep sense of mission for kosen-rufu, it powerfully sets in motion the wheels of change toward a fundamental inner transformation, a transformation of our state of life and our karma. From The Wisdom for Creating … …
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The most important thing is that we are filled with a satisfying sense of revitalization after chanting. When we continue chanting in this way each day, we will naturally come to experience a life in which all our desires are fulfilled. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 1, revised edition, pp. 123–24
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To be troubled about helping others is truly wonderful. It is the noblest and most respectable of problems, an expression of genuine compassion. It is the very concern of a Bodhisattva of the Earth and the Buddha. From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, p. 270