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[Video] Memorial Service for President Ikeda held on 30 January 2024

Jan 30, 2024 11:00 PM

Memorial Service for President Ikeda held on 30 January

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[NEWS] Tribute to Sensei organised by Soka Gakkai Malaysia for foreign dignitaries , external guest and organisations

Dec 19, 2023 9:00 AM

Tribute to Sensei organised by Soka Gakkai Malaysia for foreign dignitaries , external guest and organisations

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[Video] Kansai: The Vow of Direct Disciples of Sensei. The Ever-Victorious Kansai: The Indestructible Record of Shared Vow of Mentor and Disciple Part 1

Dec 17, 2023 9:00 AM

Kansai Soka Gakkai was built by Ikeda Sensei with his own hands. Sensei had ever mentioned: “I would like to state that it’s here in Kansai that my entire spirit continues.”

In this Kansai series, we will introduce how the Kansai direct disciples of Ikeda Sensei answer to the mentor’s expectation.

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[NEWS] Disciples Words To Our Mentor Ikeda Sensei Around the World [Part 4]

Dec 16, 2023 9:00 AM

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[NEWS] Disciple Words to Our Mentor Ikeda Sensei Around the Word [Part 3]

Dec 13, 2023 6:00 PM

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[NEWS] Significant numbers, Signficant dates and time for recollection, reflection and remembrance

Dec 10, 2023 9:00 AM

It has been two weeks since the website go Live, this is the recap of the 2nd week, in case you missed out on some of the latest updates.

[Video] A Tribute to his Final Years

Dec 9, 2023 8:00 PM

Since May 2010, Sensei stepped back from attending meetings. Photo montage of Sensei and Mrs Ikeda from 2010 till present.

As common mortal, no one can escape the universal sufferings of life, old age, illness and death. Having fulfilled his great life mission for kosen-rufu, Sensei, this towering leader of the kosen-rufu movement who lived a life of unprecendented achievement, passed on on 15 November 2023 at the age of ninety-five.

It is now for the direct disciples of Ikeda Sensei to vow to fulfill the great vow of kosen-rufu!

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[Video] Youth, Scale the Mountain of Kosen-rufu

Dec 9, 2023 5:00 PM

This poem is imbued with the mentor’s prayer for his disciples to bring forth their immense inner strength to win in all situations and his expectation as he entrusts the future of kosen-rufu to the youth…

[NEWS] Inspiring Disciples Condolences To Our Mentor Ikeda Sensei Around the World [Part 2]

Dec 9, 2023 4:52 PM

Ikeda Sensei’s passing has had a profound impact on members worldwide. Here are some very inspiring condolence messages paying tribute to Ikeda Sensei.

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[Quotes] Three Virtues

Dec 9, 2023 4:00 PM

[Article] Ikeda Humanism

Dec 9, 2023 3:00 PM

Inheriting Makiguchi and Toda Sensei’s legacy, Ikeda Sensei has taken the further step of stressing the “dignity and sanctity of life” as the spiritual value toward which all humanity should aspire and share.

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[Quotes] On Founding Spirit!

Dec 9, 2023 2:00 PM

[Quotes] Keep the Mentor’s Legacy Alive

Dec 9, 2023 1:00 PM

[Article] Win Victory After Victory!

Dec 9, 2023 12:00 PM

I’ve fostered you into capable people. Now I leave things up to you. The time has come for you to take responsibility, decide what to do, and see it through on your own

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[Article] Everything Depends on the Youth

Dec 9, 2023 11:00 AM

“My wish is that all my disciples make a great vow… Since death is the same in [any] case, you should be willing to offer your life for the Lotus Sutra. Think of this offering as a drop of dew rejoining the ocean, or a speck of dust returning to the earth.”

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[Quotes] Disciples’ Perpetuation of Vow

Dec 9, 2023 10:00 AM

[Quotes] Soka Gakkai Spirit

Dec 9, 2023 9:00 AM

[Video] Orlando Cepedas Honours His Mentor at Award Ceremonies

Dec 9, 2023 8:00 AM

To Orlando Cepedas, from San Francisco Giant who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, his life would not be what it is today without the existence of a mentor. He repays this debt of gratitude by honouring his mentor in his speech in front of the national television audience in US.

[Quotes] Champion Our Mentor!

Dec 9, 2023 7:00 AM

[Article] Inheriting the Spirit of Our 3 Eternal Mentors

Dec 8, 2023 11:59 PM

Ikeda Sensei believes that viewing mementos and other objects related to Makiguchi and Toda Sensei was an indispensable means for encouraging Gakkai members to study and inherit the spirit and struggle of the first and second presidents.

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[Article] The Spirit of Disciples Who Inherit the Heart of the Lotus Sutra

Dec 8, 2023 11:00 PM

True victory in this cause can only be achieved when the disciples are serious in their commitment, united in purpose, and pray and take action without begrudging their lives.

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[Article] Sages Have Come To Be Regarded as Great Teachers of Humanity Because of Their Disciples’ Efforts To Propagate Their Teachings and Prove Their True Value

Dec 8, 2023 10:00 PM

Ikeda Sensei has already exemplified, through his life, on how one should practise the way of the mentor and disciple. What further excuses do we have, to not become the “remarkable disciples” that our mentor is calling for?

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[Article] The Buddha Seeks Genuine Disciples!

Dec 8, 2023 9:00 PM

Those who only expect to be protected by the mentor still have quite a ways to go before they can call themselves real disciples. It is by striving in the same manner as the mentor to protect our fellow human beings that we qualify as true disciples, true lions.

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[Quotes] Lessons of Our Mentor

Dec 8, 2023 8:00 PM

[Article] The Worth of the Mentor Is Determined by the Disciple—Not by the Mentor, but by the Disciples!

Dec 8, 2023 7:00 PM

The mentor-disciple relationship of the first three presidents of the Soka Gakkai is in complete accord with the Daishonin’s teaching. It is crucial to resolutely challenge anyone who would trample on this mentor-disciple spirit. And the more strenuously we protect it, the more fortune we will accumulate!

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[Quotes] Will Fight To Prove My Mentor’s Greatness to the World

Dec 8, 2023 6:00 PM

[Quotes] Youth, Make a Great Vow!

Dec 8, 2023 5:00 PM

[NEWS] Inspiring Disciples Condolences To Our Mentor Ikeda Sensei Around the World [Part 1]

Dec 8, 2023 4:30 PM

Ikeda Sensei’s passing has had a profound impact on members worldwide. Here are some very inspiring condolence messages paying tribute to Ikeda Sensei.

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[Quotes] Shared Vow

Dec 8, 2023 4:00 PM

[Article] An Outstanding Teaching Will Not Spread If There Is No One To Propagate It.

Dec 8, 2023 3:00 PM

Who is a true mentor, and who is a true disciple? That’s the crucial question. Buddhism is about reality; it is not abstract theory. The path of mentor and disciple is to carry out kosen-rufu in the real world.

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[Quotes] The Mentors and Disciples of Soka Have Won!

Dec 8, 2023 2:00 PM

[Quotes] Characteristics of a Lion King!

Dec 8, 2023 1:00 PM

[Article] Practising In Accord with the Buddha’s Teaching Constitutes the Path of a Disciple!

Dec 8, 2023 12:00 PM

The Soka Gakkai has realised tremendous growth by emulating the spirit of Nichiren Daishonin, President Makiguchi and President Toda. Kosen-rufu has advanced precisely because of this commitment to the oneness of mentor and disciple in our practice.

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[Video] Sensei, Your Disciples in Bharat Soka Gakkai Fight for Kosen-rufu with You.”

Dec 8, 2023 11:00 AM

“Nothing is more powerful than the great vow to achieve kosen-rufu. Let’s go out into society, go out among the people! Bring people hope so that they can break through!…”

[Article] Rise Up as Lions, Advance as Lions, and Triumph as Lions!

Dec 8, 2023 10:00 AM

The curtain on a grand new stage of human revolution has risen. I am waiting for true-hearted disciples who blaze with the same invincible fighting spirit for kosen-rufu that I do. I have faith in their efforts and their successes.

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[Article] People Who Just Revere the Buddha from Afar as Mere Bystanders Do Not Qualify as Genuine Disciples!

Dec 8, 2023 9:00 AM

Unless we wage a great struggle for the happiness of all people with the same dedication as the mentor — just as the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas of the Earth have struggled together as one since the distant past — we cannot call ourselves the lion’s cubs

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[Article] It Is Essential That We Resolutely Oppose Corruption, Whether It Assails Us from Inside or Outside the Organisation!

Dec 8, 2023 8:00 AM

If we win in the struggle against malicious people and evil authorities bent on destroying kosen-rufu, we attain Buddhahood. That is why the Daishonin declares that our great enemies actually do more for us than our allies.”

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[Quotes] Shared Commitment of Mentor & Disciple

Dec 8, 2023 7:00 AM

[Quotes] Mentor-Disciple Bond

Dec 7, 2023 11:59 PM

[Article] Members of the Youth Division Who Will Inherit and Carry On the Soka Gakkai’s Legacy!

Dec 7, 2023 11:00 PM

Disciples who wait for the mentor to do something for them are disciples of the pre-Lotus Sutra teachings. True disciples of the Lotus Sutra are those who struggle just as the mentor does.

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[Article] Disciples Cannot Only Rely on the Mentor To Battle and Defeat Devilish Forces!

Dec 7, 2023 10:00 PM

The practice of the hundred cubs, who represent the disciples, is to gain courage from the roar of the lion king, the mentor, and defeat other beasts and birds of prey that attack them.

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[Quotes] Disciple’s Declaration

Dec 7, 2023 9:00 PM

[Article] The Mentor-disciple Spirit Is a Powerful Driving Force for Defeating Any Form of Devilish Function!

Dec 7, 2023 7:00 PM

Mr Toda often told me: “If you are a true disciple of mine, then you must carry on in my footsteps to the end without fearing any hardship. You must never be defeated.” Day after day, I have fought on, just as my mentor instructed, and I have overcome all devilish functions.

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[Article] Foolish Men Are Likely To Forget the Promises They Have Made When the Crucial Moment Comes!

Dec 7, 2023 7:00 PM

Any time we face hardships is a “crucial moment”. It is, therefore, essential that we have the kind of dauntless faith that will enable us to fight back bravely at such times

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[NEWS] The Vow of Direct Ikeda Sensei’s Disciple – Kansai Soka Gakkai Women’s Leader, Mitsuyo Naori

Dec 7, 2023 6:30 PM

Now, we would like to make a vow to eternalize the Ever-Victorious spirit of mentor and disciple under the clear sky of ‘Ever Victorious Kansai’.

We would like to open up the future of ever victorious, by embracing in our heart the eternal lion’s roar Sensei had shown and left behind in Kansai: “Those who strive tenaciously in faith will definitely emerge victorious!”

~ Kansai Soka Gakkai Women’s Leader Naori

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[Quotes] Cowards Are Just a Hindrance!

Dec 7, 2023 6:00 PM

[Quotes] Fighting Spirit for Kosen-Rufu

Dec 7, 2023 5:00 PM

[Quotes] Show the World What We Can Accomplish!

Dec 7, 2023 4:00 PM

[Quotes] Youth, I’m Counting On You!

Dec 7, 2023 3:00 PM

[Quotes] Mentor and Disciple is the Key to attaining Buddhahood

Dec 7, 2023 2:00 PM

[Article] Distinguish Between Believers and Practitioners

Dec 7, 2023 1:00 PM

A person of minor good who lives only for himself definitely will not be attacked by devils. In contrast, when we lead the life of major good of dedication to the bodhisattva practice, devils will arise without fail.

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[NEWS] The Vow of Direct Ikeda Sensei’s Disciple – Kansai Soka Gakkai Leader Yamauchi

Dec 7, 2023 12:30 PM

Kansai Soka Gakkai was built by Ikeda Sensei with his own hands. Kansai members had been struggling against and triumphing over all persecutions determinedly with Sensei. Sensei had ever mentioned, “I would like to state that it’s here in Kansai that my entire spirit continues.”

Sensei entrusted Kansai members with the guiding principle ‘Ever-Victorious Kansai’! Now is the time for each and every one of us to make Ikeda sensei’s heart as our own and shine brilliantly in the unity of ‘One Kansai’.

~ Kansai Soka Gakkai Leader Yamauchi

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[Article] Because I Devoted Myself Wholeheartedly as a Disciple, All Those Who Struggled Alongside Me Also Joyfully Took Action for Kosen-rufu!

Dec 7, 2023 12:00 PM

The golden rule for victory in life is the same in every age. I triumphed in struggles that everyone said could not be won. For the sake of kosen-rufu, I battled on to the very end. I achieved top results in propagation and every other endeavour I took on.

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[Video] “I Arise” by SGI-USA Arts Division

Dec 7, 2023 11:00 AM

“Nothing is more powerful than the great vow to achieve kosen-rufu. Let’s go out into society, go out among the people! Bring people hope so that they can break through!…”

[Article] My Wish Is That All My Disciples Make a Great Vow!

Dec 7, 2023 10:00 AM

The great vow of Buddhism can only be actualised through the persistent challenge of going out into society and earnestly seeking to do whatever we can to inspire and encourage each person we encounter, leaving no stone unturned, so to speak.

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[Quotes] A Buddha shares the suffering of others

Dec 7, 2023 9:00 AM

[Article] Buddhism Is About Winning

Dec 7, 2023 7:00 AM

Faith is a never-ending battle against deadlock. It is a struggle between the Buddha and devilish functions — between negative and positive forces. That is why we say, ‘Buddhism is about winning.

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[Quotes] Compassion, an expression of the life-state of Buddhahood

Dec 6, 2023 11:59 PM

[Article] Half-serious Efforts Amount to Nothing!

Dec 6, 2023 11:00 PM

We will need to work toward our goal with the absolute conviction that we will not leave until we have accomplished it, or that we will die trying.

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[Article] When Disciples Follow the Mentor’s Lead In Waging a Struggle for Kosen-rufu That Accords with the Time, Their Victory Is Assured!

Dec 6, 2023 10:00 PM

It is now up to our successors in the youth division to solidly carry on this all important Soka spirit of mentor and disciple and ensure that it is passed on into the eternal future.

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[Quotes] The Vow of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth

Dec 6, 2023 9:00 PM

[Article] Oneness of Mentor & Disciple Is In Accord with the Buddha’s Teaching

Dec 6, 2023 8:00 PM

Unless both mentor and disciple undertake the same struggle, Buddhism will not spread. Therefore, oneness of mentor and disciple is essential.

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[Article] Half-hearted Desire Doesn’t Amount to a Vow!

Dec 6, 2023 6:00 PM

“All other troubles are no more to me than dust before the wind.” True peace and security exist in a strong self. It is when we forge such a self by making a great vow that the path to genuine peace and security in this life opens up before us.

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[Article] Are We Just Going Through the Motions?

Dec 6, 2023 5:00 PM

Of crucial importance is our fundamental attitude, what we are thinking about in our innermost hearts. Are we really determined to fight for the cause of our mentor, for the cause of the Gakkai?

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[NEWS] World-renowned flutist Nestor Torres paying homage to President Ikeda

Dec 6, 2023 4:22 PM

世界著名的长笛演奏家 Nestor Torres 向池田先生致敬

[Article] Persecutions are of the Highest Honour!

Dec 6, 2023 4:00 PM

If persecutions greater than those that arose during the Buddha’s lifetime keep occurring again and again to someone who is not guilty of the slightest fault, then one should realise that that person is a true votary of the Lotus Sutra in the age after the Buddha’s passing.

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[Quotes] I am a Bodhisattva of the Earth!

Dec 6, 2023 3:00 PM

[Video] President Ikeda Expresses His Expectation to His Young Direct Disciples

Dec 6, 2023 2:00 PM

“Nothing is more powerful than the great vow to achieve kosen-rufu. Let’s go out into society, go out among the people! Bring people hope so that they can break through!…”

[Article] The Founding Spirit of the Soka Gakkai Lies in Realising Ourselves as Bodhisattvas of the Earth

Dec 6, 2023 1:00 PM

No matter what happens, I will win without fail. The most important thing is kosen-rufu, the Daishonin’s mandate; it mustn’t be delayed for even a day.

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[Article] Life Means Suffering

Dec 6, 2023 12:00 PM

Practising Buddhism is all about grappling with problems. Struggling with problems and solving them is what faith is all about.

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[Quotes] The essence of the lion’s roar is the mentor and disciple speaking out for truth

Dec 6, 2023 11:00 AM

[Article] Top Gakkai Leaders Who Lost Sight of Faith and Betrayed Their Fellow Members Must Be Resolutely Denounced

Dec 6, 2023 10:00 AM

President Toda condemned betrayals with such vehemence that one might be tempted to accuse him of overreacting, but this, said Mr Toda, was a manifestation not of personal anger but of true compassion for the person.

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[NEWS] Honor to Dr. Daisaku Ikeda向池田大作博士致敬

Dec 6, 2023 9:30 AM

Brasil Seikyo paid tribute to Dr. Daisaku Ikeda with touching video.

video source: https://www.brasilseikyo.com.br/videos/programas/2/episodio/homenagem-ao-dr-daisaku-ikeda/72

[Quotes] Great hardships are the badge of honor

Dec 6, 2023 9:00 AM

[Quotes] Man is Created to Fight!

Dec 6, 2023 8:00 AM

[Quotes] I have won and the Gakkai has won!

Dec 6, 2023 7:00 AM

[Quotes] Selfless Lion King

Dec 5, 2023 11:59 PM

[Quotes] Debts to my Mentor

Dec 5, 2023 11:00 PM

[Quotes] Mentors for Propagation

Dec 5, 2023 10:00 PM

[Quotes] Inauguration Speech

Dec 5, 2023 9:00 PM

[Quotes] Inauguration Ceremony

Dec 5, 2023 8:00 PM

[Quotes] Struggles and hardships during Youth

Dec 5, 2023 7:00 PM

[NEWS] Soka Gakkai Memorial Service – Remarks by Soka Gakkai Women’s Leader Kimiko Nagaishi

Dec 5, 2023 6:30 PM

“Forging ahead victoriously and in cheerful solidarity, we vow to continue advancing kosen-rufu, eternally by your side! Sensei, just watch, watch us please!”

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[Quotes] Sensei’s Poem after Toda’s Sensei Funeral

Dec 5, 2023 6:00 PM

[Article] Buddhahood Is Manifested at Every Moment in the Lives of Those Who Take Action Based on the Great Wow of Mentor and Disciple

Dec 5, 2023 5:00 PM

Buddhism is a matter of proof, without proof, it’s just abstract theory. Now I’d like to pass on the baton of this mission and honor shared by mentor and disciple to the members of the youth division…

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[NEWS] Soka Gakkai Memorial Service – Remarks by President Harada

Dec 5, 2023 4:30 PM

“Now it is up to us, the disciples of Ikeda Sensei, to become indomitable champions of truth and to show society and the world Sensei’s true greatness through our own victories.”

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