Creative Life – April 2025
Feature: President Ikeda’s Study Lecture Series – The Buddhism of the Sun, Illuminating The World
Key Passages from The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings (5)
“Simile and Parable” and “Belief and Understanding” Chapters
Creative Life
Creative Life is a monthly magazine published by SGS. It contains editorials and essays by SGI President Ikeda, features and articles on Buddhist doctrines, as well as testimonies of local and overseas members.
Soka Times – April 2025
Feature: Ikeda Sensei’s Encouragement Series: The Brilliance of the Four Seasons — The Heart of Ikeda Sensei
Soka Times
Soka Times is published once every fortnight (once a month with effect from January 2020) and carries news of SGS’s latest endeavours for peace, culture and education. Other highlights include articles on applying Buddhism in daily life and testimonies from members.
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Book Recommendations
The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace (New Edition)–Part 3 Kosen-rufu and World Peace
This is the third and final part of the new edition of “Selections from the works of Daisaku Ikeda: The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and
Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and Death
This book explores life’s philosophical intricacies through SGI President Daisaku’s insights of Nichiren Buddhism on life’s different phases of birth, aging, sickness and death.
Discussions on Health
Health is not simply a matter of absence of illness. Maintaining good health is a constant challenge. A life that is always moving forward, opening up fresh new vistas – that is a life of true health.
A Forum for Peace
For every year since 1983 the Buddhist leader and thinker, Daisaku Ikeda, President of the SGI has issued a peace proposal that presents solutions to a variety of global problems.
Spread Your Wings toward the Future
The essays in this book are an account of President Ikeda’s travels to 17 out of the 54 countries he went. Addressing school-going children, the ‘Future Division’ of the Soka Gakkai, he talks about his encounters with both ordinary and eminent figures around the world.
Rainbow of Hope – Great Figures of the World
In this compilation of 17 essays for younger Future Division members, President Ikeda presents eminent personalities who overcame life’s challenges to achieve happiness in their respective fields and rose to become acknowledged figures in the world.
Our World To Make
In Our World To Make, authors Ved Nanda, a practicing Hindu and prominent figure in the field of international law, and Daisaku Ikeda, a Buddhist thinker and peace advocate, engage in an expansive dialogue that demonstrates that it is but a short leap — or no leap at all — from the personal practice of religion to resolute support for the emerging norms and institutions of global civil society. Our World To Make shows that religion practiced with integrity demands nothing less.
The New Human Revolution Volume 30
A two-part series of the conclusion to SGI President Daisaku Ikeda’s 30-volume series of The New Human Revolution (NHR).
Towards a Century of Health: The Wisdom for Leading a Long Life of Good Fortune and Benefit
The Buddhism of the Sun, Illuminating the World – Towards a Century of Health: The Wisdom for Leading a Long Life of Good Fortune and Benefit is a special edition that contains valuable words of wisdom from SGI President Ikeda on how we can all lead healthy, fulfilling lives.
The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace (New Edition)–Part 2 Human Revolution
This is the Part Two of the new edition of Selected Excerpts of President Ikeda’s Guidance: The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace.
The Eternal Citadel of Soka
A collection of SGI President Daisaku Ikeda essays and photographs, calling upon all people to reveal their inherent dignity and potential and reflecting upon the spirit and essence of Soka Gakkai, an organization dedicated to the people and their happiness.
