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Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is an international Nichiren Buddhist organization founded in 1975 by Daisaku Ikeda, as an umbrella organization of Soka Gakkai. It is run by two vice-presidents, including Hiromasa Ikeda, son of the founder. It claims 12 million adherents, but scholars claim the number is overestimated.
March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 290 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 934 – ...
Soka Gakkai International claims a total of over 12 million adherents. [130] The majority of these belong to the Japanese organization, whose official membership count is 8.27 million households. [131] However, this is the figure put forward by the organization itself, and is not supported by any independent count.
March 15. World Consumer Rights Day. March 16. National Corn Dog Day. March 17. Evacuation Day. Saint Patrick's Day. World Sleep Day. March 18. National Biodiesel Day. Awkward Moments Day. March 19.
He founded Soka Gakkai's umbrella organisation, Soka Gakkai International, in 1975, where he served as honorary president from 1979 until his death. Ikeda was a prolific writer, publishing a ...
Butte, Montana holds such a celebration each March 16. [15] Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, just northeast of Minnesota, is another location where St. Urho's Day is joyfully celebrated on the weekend nearest to March 16. [16] The Finlandia Club is the headquarters for all that is Finnish in northern Ontario. [17]
In 1979, Ikeda became the honorary president of the global wing of the sect called Soka Gakkai International, which claims 2.8 million members in over 190 countries and territories.
Jōsei Toda (戸田 城聖, Toda Jōsei, 11 February 1900 – 2 April 1958) was a teacher, peace activist and second president of Soka Gakkai from 1951 to 1958. Imprisoned for two years during World War II under violating the Peace Preservation Law and the charge of lèse-majesté from against the war, he emerged from prison intent on rebuilding the Soka Gakkai.