Enjoy this video celebrating the founding of the Soka Gakkai Women’s Division! Music performed by: Seigi (Justice) Chorus Fuji Junior High School Chorus Fuji Kibou (Hope) Elementary School Chorus Kibou (Hope) Orchestra Soka Gloria Wind Orchestra (Video courtesy Seikyo Shimbun) | Soka Gakkai

We hope you enjoy this virtual musical performance of the Soka Gakkai song “Forever Sensei” by members in Venezuela. This video brings together recordings of the members’ performances from their respective homes. In Daisaku Ikeda’s novel The New Human Revolution, chronicling the history and development of the Soka Gakkai, the main protagonist Shin’ichi Yamamoto (pseudonym for Ikeda) talks about the history and spirit of the song “Forever Sensei”: “American members had composed the words, which t

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

🥳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