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In 2015, SGI-USA was part of the organizing committee that convened a day-long conference in Washington, DC of 125 Buddhist leaders to discuss Buddhism and civic activism in the United States. The conference identified climate change and the environment, education and peace and disarmament as popular priorities.
Soka Gakkai (Japanese: 創価学会, Hepburn: Sōka Gakkai, 'Value-Creation Society') is a Japanese Buddhist religious movement based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese priest Nichiren.
Literally, kōsen-rufu means to declare and spread widely the teachings of the Buddha. [6] However, the term "kosen rufu" has come to connote "world peace" based on the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren teachings.
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.
Saijo went on to serve in the U.S. Army and study at the University of Southern California. Later he became associated with Beat Generation figures including Jack Kerouac, with whom he wrote, traveled and became friends. [84] Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997), American poet and writer. [85] Alurista, Chicano poet and activist. [86]
In March 1974, Causton moved with Mitsuko to London. In 1975, the SGI-UK was officially founded and Causton became its first chairman. He directed numerous cultural activities of SGI-UK, and co-founded the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council together with other humanitarian organizations. [2]
President of Soka Gakkai International; In office 26 January 1975 – 15 November 2023: Honorary President of Soka Gakkai; In office 24 April 1979 – 15 November 2023: 3rd President of Soka Gakkai
This is a list of notable Buddhists, encompassing all the major branches of the religion (i.e. in Buddhism), and including interdenominational and eclectic Buddhist practitioners.