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[NEWS] Voices from the World to Praise Ikeda Sensei Part 2

[NEWS] Voices from the World to Praise Ikeda Sensei Part 2

Condolences continued to pour in to pay tribute to ikeda Sensei’s contributions. Some of these condolences from thinking people around the world include Dr. Ela Gandi, Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter; Asle Toje, deputy leader of The Norwegian Nobel Committee; Dr. Ira Helfand, Co-Founder and Past President of Physicians for Social Responsibility of IPPNW (International Steering Group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon (ICAN).

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[NEWS] Heartfelt musical tribute for Ikeda Sensei. 发自内心的音乐致敬

[NEWS] Heartfelt musical tribute for Ikeda Sensei. 发自内心的音乐致敬

From members of SGI-USA: A heartfelt musical tribute for their beloved sensei, and they did a new rendition to the famous “gakkai” song, Forever Sensei, now they reinterpreted it as “Soulful Sensei” , sending their chords and voice into the Universe for him to hear!

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[Article] Living the Path of Mentor and Disciple​

[Article] Living the Path of Mentor and Disciple​

Anyone can parrot the words “mentor and disciple”, but actually living the path of mentor and disciple is not such a casual matter. Mr Toda and I shared a deep spiritual bond. Now, even after he has gone, he is still with me, and always will be, in the next and all future lifetimes.​

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[Article] The Daishonin’s True Heirs​

[Article] The Daishonin’s True Heirs​

I acted as a “shield” and “breakwater” in rigorously protecting my mentor, and for more than 60 years have also done so for the community of practitioners of the Soka Gakkai, an organisation of Buddhas.​

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[Article] Why Was President Ikeda the President of the Soka Gakkai?​

[Article] Why Was President Ikeda the President of the Soka Gakkai?​

He (Takashi Koizumi) remarked: “No matter what anyone says, Mr Ikeda is the person who has worked hardest for the Soka Gakkai since his early youth. Because he has worked the hardest, it is only natural that he should become president of our organisation.”​​

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[NEWS] Let’s walk the Eternal Path of Mentor and Disciple! The Members of the World will embark on a New Journey from November 18

[NEWS] Let’s walk the Eternal Path of Mentor and Disciple! The Members of the World will embark on a New Journey from November 18

The members of SGI (Soka Gakkai International) around the world mourn for the passing of Daisaku Ikeda Sensei as they set out vigorously on a new journey towards worldwide kosen-rufu on November 18, Soka Gakkai’s Founding Day. Leaders of various countries also voice their condolences and their determination.

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[Article] Forging Everlasting Victory​

[Article] Forging Everlasting Victory​

“Don’t succumb to cowardice, arrogance, and ingratitude!” –– this has been the call heeded by the Gakkai since the time of Mr Makiguchi and Mr Toda. Buddhism is concerned with winning. Both mentor and disciple have won.

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[Article] Dialogue Opened a New Phase of History in Kamata​

[Article] Dialogue Opened a New Phase of History in Kamata​

The young Ikeda fought in Kamata with such a spirit,  “If I didn’t meet and speak with them personally, how could I expect them to trust me? If I didn’t personally engage in the effort to share Buddhism with others, how could I expect them to strive alongside me?”

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[FEATURED] Ikeda Sensei’s Achievements Part 4: Establishing the Foundation of Education and Culture in the World

[FEATURED] Ikeda Sensei’s Achievements Part 4: Establishing the Foundation of Education and Culture in the World

Soka Gakkai was founded on 18 November 1930, as “Value-Creating Education Society” by the Japanese educators, Makiguchi Sensei and Toda Sensei. It was both Makiguchi and Toda Sensei’s wish to establish a value creating educational institution one day. It was Ikeda sensei who realised this compassionate vow of Makiguchi and Toda Sensei.

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[Article] “He Who Laughs Best Laughs Last.”​

[Article] “He Who Laughs Best Laughs Last.”​

Like the sun that is always shining, victory belongs to those who persevere tenaciously.  In any endeavor, the outcome is never certain till the very end.

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[Video] Ikeda Sensei and Youth​

“I am proud that I love youth more than anyone. There is no one who can create the future, the next era, except youth… I trust youth. Youth are jewels. This is my conclusion of the human race.”

[Article] My Young Friends, I Reiterate, I Am Counting on You!​

[Article] My Young Friends, I Reiterate, I Am Counting on You!​

Ikeda Sensei entrusts the future only to the youth. There will be no future for our movement unless we can foster people who will staunchly uphold and carry on the Gakkai spirit of mentor and disciple and strive all-out to realise kosen-rufu.​

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[Article] Eternal Karmic Ties of Mentor and Disciple

[Article] Eternal Karmic Ties of Mentor and Disciple

The correct transmission of this commitment from teacher to disciple resulted in the correct teaching of Buddhism is passed on and widely spread. Through the unceasing joint struggle of mentor and disciple, the great path of kosen-rufu will continue forever. 

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[Article] Receiving a Letter from President Ikeda

[Article] Receiving a Letter from President Ikeda

One day, Yabuki checked his campus mailbox as usual. Most days it was empty, and he was forced to swallow his disappointment. But today there was a letter. He took it out and looked at the return address. “Shin’ichi Yamamoto” was typed in Roman letters.

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[Article] Originally, National Boundaries Did Not Exist

[Article] Originally, National Boundaries Did Not Exist

“Let us not forget to live with the awareness that we are linked together as human beings on a profound level that transcends national boundaries.” These words shook Toshie to the depths of her being.

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[Video] Dialogue of Peace

With dialogue as his weapon, President Ikeda built bridges of friendship throughout the globe and expanded a network for peace, culture, and education to bring people closer together. His journey for great dialogue, will be engraved in human history, whose light of hope for peace, will continue to shine for everlasting eternity.

[Article] Waiting 94 Years for Dialogue, Late President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, Austregésilo de Athayde

[Article] Waiting 94 Years for Dialogue, Late President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, Austregésilo de Athayde

When one of our SGI representatives waiting at the airport before my arrival discovered this, he tried to lead President Athayde to another room to rest, but the esteemed academy head refused, saying with a smile: “I have lived for nearly 100 years. I have been waiting for President Ikeda for 94 years. One or two hours is nothing to me.”

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[Article] Living with a Mentor in Life, Dr Sethu Kumanan

[Article] Living with a Mentor in Life, Dr Sethu Kumanan

“Finally I found my mentor in life,” said Dr Sethu Kumanan, founder of Soka Ikeda College of Arts & Science for Women in India, when he read a poem by SGI President Ikeda in 1996.

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[Article] A Sound of Hope Coming from the Little Music Box

[Article] A Sound of Hope Coming from the Little Music Box

The whole world was shocked when the news broke that Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi had been assassinated by a suicide bombing on May 21, 1991. Sonia Ghandi, now the widow of the Indian leader, was overwhelmed with grief.

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[Article] When Great Evil Occurs, Great Good Follows

[Article] When Great Evil Occurs, Great Good Follows

The threatening remarks he made on July 21 of last year during the audience that I (President Akiya) had together with SGI President Ikeda are typical examples of his authoritarian stance. Looking at me, he shouted…

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[Article] Unruly Behaviour of the High Priest

[Article] Unruly Behaviour of the High Priest

The threatening remarks he made on July 21 of last year during the audience that I (President Akiya) had together with SGI President Ikeda are typical examples of his authoritarian stance. Looking at me, he shouted…

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[Article] Ode to Joy – An Anthem of Freedom and Joy

[Article] Ode to Joy – An Anthem of Freedom and Joy

The Nichiren Shoshu document criticised me for saying things I never said and was an attempt to brand me with the labels of slanderer of the Law and slanderer of the high priest.

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[Video] Resolving the Cold War

During the midst of the Cold War, Ikeda Sensei travelled between China, Russia and US, as an ordinary citizen, resolving it.

[Article] Two Books from Late Premier Kosygin

[Article] Two Books from Late Premier Kosygin

Gvishiani-Kosygina shared her recollections of her father, saying, “When he came home (on Sep 17, 1974), he said, “Today, I’ve met with an extraordinary, very interesting man.”

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[NEWS] BREAKING: Chinese President Xi Jinping sends a Condolence Message to Prime Minister Kishida regarding the passing of Mr Daisaku Ikeda

[NEWS] BREAKING: Chinese President Xi Jinping sends a Condolence Message to Prime Minister Kishida regarding the passing of Mr Daisaku Ikeda

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a condolence message to Prime Minister Kishida regarding the passing of Mr. Daisaku Ikeda, Honorary President of the Soka Gakkai, who passed away on the 15th of this month: “I wish to work with the Prime Minister to advance the development of Sino-Japanese relations.”
习近平就池田大作的辞世, 向日本首相岸田文雄致吊唁。

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[Article] The First Honorary Degree

[Article] The First Honorary Degree

The first one was from Moscow State University during the height of the Cold War. A month before Mr Ikeda’s second visit to the Soviet Union, at the request of the university’s faculty of philosophy, the university decided to bestow an honorary doctorate upon Mr Ikeda.

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[Article] Now Is the Last Moment

[Article] Now Is the Last Moment

Shin’ichi encouraged members with every fibre of his being, considering each of his encounters to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

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Our eternal mentor, Daisaku Ikeda,  a peacebuilder, Buddhist philosopher, educator, author and poet, passed away on 15 November 2023 at the age of 95.

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