🥳October 2 is celebrated within the Soka Gakkai as World Peace Day, marking a key milestone in the international development of Nichiren Buddhism, with its goal of contributing to lasting peace in the world. ☘ Daisaku Ikeda left Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on October 2, 1960, traveling outside of Japan to build peace through a philosophy upholding the supreme value and dignity of human life. In each country he visited, he strove to understand the prevailing social, political and cultural conditions.

✨November 18, 2025 marks the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Soka Gakkai. Discover the dramatic life of the founding president Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and how the Soka Gakkai became the movement for people’s empowerment it is today. A Legacy of Empowerment ✨: Makiguchi and the Soka Gakkai tells the story of his humble beginnings 🏡, his conversion to Nichiren Buddhism and his death in prison. While Japan was being swept into World War II, Makiguchi fearlessly championed a philosophy that p

🎉 February 11 is Josei Toda’s birthday. 🎉 As second president of the Soka Gakkai, he transformed it into a dynamic Buddhist movement for peace. Discover his fascinating life story and the idea of personal transformation he called “human revolution.” Visit https://www.joseitoda.org/ for more on Josei Toda. #SokaGakkai #BuddhisminAction #education | Soka Gakkai

Please enjoy this video!! The following performance by Soka Gakkai members in Europe was recorded for the Soka Gakkai’s World Youth General Meeting in September. Amidst the dire global pandemic, the Soka Gakkai youth of Europe are committed to shining the light of hope to the world. For a perspective from the front line of the situation in the UK, see this interview with SGI-UK member Dame Claire Bertschinger of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: "The crisis we are facing now is

“Centers for Peace and Friendship,” a series introducing SGI culture centers and facilities around the world. The Soka Gakkai Okinawa Training Center in Japan was opened in 1977 on the site of a former US Air Force MACE B nuclear missile base. When SGI President Daisaku Ikeda visited the missile launch complex, he suggested preserving it for the future as a reminder of our obsession with war and making the training center a symbol of world peace. The former base now stands as a monument to world

🎉November 18, 2024, marks the 94th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai’s founding. Learn about its origins, starting with Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, first president of the Soka Gakkai. An educator inspired by Nichiren Buddhism, Makiguchi was passionately dedicated to the reform of the Japanese education system. On November 18, 1930, the first volume of in his series of writings outlining the system of soka (value-creating) pedagogy, was published, laying the foundation for today’s Soka Gakkai. 🌏✨More o