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Soka Gakkai Buddhism:     more books (82)

The Flower of Chinese Buddhism (Soka Gakkai History of Buddhism) by Daisaku Ikeda, 2009-11-01 Japans New Buddhism :Soka Gakkai by Kiyoaki Murata, 1971 Buddhism: The First Millennium (Soka Gakkai History of Buddhism) by Daisaku Ikeda, 2009-06-01 The Living Buddha: An Interpretive Biography (Soka Gakkai History of Buddhism) by Daisaku Ikeda, 2008-10-01 Nichiren Shoshu and Soka Gakkai - Modern Buddhism in Action by Seikyo, 1972 Nichiren's Lions: A Global Journey through Soka Gakkai Buddhism by Richard Hughes Seager, 2006-01-01 Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism by English Buddhist Dictionary Committee, 2002 Japan's new Buddhism;: An objective account of Soka Gakkai, by Kiyoaki Murata, 1969 The Soka Gakkai Dictionary on Buddhism by Various, 2002 Japan's New Buddhism: An Objective Account of Soka Gakkai by Kiyoaki Murata, 1971 The Soka Gakkai Dictionary on Buddhism by Soka Gakkai, 2002 The Liturgy of the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin by Soka Gakkai International, 1998 The Liturgy of the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin by Soka Gakkai, 1995 The Liturgy of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism - by Soka Gakkai -, 2004

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1. Buddhists In Hawaii, American Buddhism, Soka Gakkai Buddhism
   12noon, 23rd (SUN) see calender, 24th (MON), 25th(TUE) Chapter Study Flores, essentials of Buddhism(mar 03), 26th (WED) WD night, 27th  
   http://www.buddhisthawaii.com/monthly_schedule2.html
   
   Extractions: MAY SCHEDULE FOR MILILANI CHAPTER calendar 1st: (SAT) Zone World peace DT @ HCC 10a-12noon 2nd: (SUN) Central Oahu World Peace Prayer @ Pupukea CC 10a MY E-MAIL 3rd: (MON) SGI DAY / Blaisdell concert Hall 2010 kick off HOME 4th:(TUE) Zone Ind guid 10a-12noon 5th: (WED) MD music Grp/ WD night HawaiiEventsonline(church/spirtual) 6th: (THU) see calender 7th: (FRI) Meheula Daimoku Toso 7pm @ Peelman / see calender 8th (SAT) see calender 9th: (SUN) Mothers DAY 10th: (MON) Meheula Daimoku Toso 7pm @ Peelman 11th:(TUE) Zone Japanese language Mtg @ HCC 7pm 12th: (WED) WD night 13th: (THU) Area Board Mtg Hatae 7pm 14th:(FRI) Zone Sensei's HQ Guidence Video @ HCC 7pm 15th: (SAT) World Peace DT @ HCC 10a-12noon / YMD Introduc Mtg @ HCC 7pm 16th: (SUN) Zone Introductory Mtg @ HCC 1-3pm 17th:(MON) Meheula District meeting 7pm @ Peelman 18th:(TUE) Zone Ind Guidence 19th:(WED) WD night// MD Mtg Flores? 20th: (THU) 21st:(FRI) Zone Japanese General Lecture by Eugene Hirahara @ HCC 7pm 22nd: (SAT) Zone World Peace DT @ HCC 10a-12noon 23rd: (SUN) see calender 24th: (MON) 25th:(TUE) Chapter Study Flores, essentials of Buddhism(mar 03)

2. Buddhists In Hawaii
   soka gakkai buddhism in Hawaii. soka gakkai buddhism religion links to other American buddhism sites of Soka Gakkai in the USA and  
   http://www.buddhisthawaii.com/
   
   Extractions: International. Buddhist activities include discussion meetings on buddhism religion in daily life, buddhism belief of faith practice and study. Mahayana buddhism and Nichiren Daishonin . Soka Gakkai buddhism in Hawaii. Soka Gakkai buddhism religion links to other American buddhism sites of Soka Gakkai in the USA and our official www.sgi-usa.org web site for mahayana buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin and american buddhism belief,daily practice, for self-improvement, world peace culture and education,

3. Soka Gakkai SGI
   Hancock, who has been a follower of soka gakkai buddhism since 1972, said to Ikeda that “music is an expression of what it is to live.  
   http://groups.msn.com/SokaGakkaiSGI/sgiinthenews.msnw
   
   Extractions: var nEditorialCatId = 273; MSN Home My MSN Hotmail Shopping ... Money Web Search: document.write(''); Groups Groups Home My Groups Language ... Help Soka Gakkai SGI SokaGakkaiSGI@groups.msn.com What's New Join Now Messages Pictures ... Tools A Spiritual Journey Review by SHARIL DEWA, The Star (Malaysia), Oct 31, 2003 Wonderful Encounters: Recollections of Meetings With Unforgettable People From Around the World Author: Daisaku Ikeda Publisher: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia The folk he met included Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Italian football star Roberto Baggio, and American jazz musician Herbie Hancock. Despite coming from very different social and political backgrounds, all 30 individuals featured in the book have one theme in common: each one strives to grow towards becoming a better citizen of the world. In his dialogue with Ikeda, who is the third president of Soka Gakkai, an international Buddhist movement that promotes education, world-wide cultural exchange and the establishment of world peace, the Malaysian premier stated that leaders are always confronted with tough problems and difficult solutions, which should be tackled head on, as by running away from the tasks at hand would equal defeat in one’s personal growth. “There is no ocean without waves,” said Dr Mahathir. “Only by overcoming hardship can leaders shine with even greater brilliance.” He said all great leaders should actively seek out and take on challenges.

4. Journal Of Buddhist Ethics
   bbocking@bathhe.ac.uk. A Time to Chant is an excellentlywritten, dispassionate sociological account of soka gakkai buddhism in the United Kingdom.  
   http://jbe.gold.ac.uk/4/bocking1.html
   
   Extractions: bbocking@bathhe.ac.uk A Time to Chant is an excellently-written, dispassionate sociological account of Soka Gakkai Buddhism in the United Kingdom. Everyone who reads JBE has heard of Soka Gakkai, and several million people-mainly in Japan but also in many other countries of the world-belong to the movement and regularly practice individual or group daimoku (chanting of the title of the "namu-myoho-renge-kyo") and gongyo (recitation of sections of the The overwhelming majority of members of SGI-UK are in no doubt that the practice of Buddhism delivers the results that it claims, and mostly here and now. According to Wilson and Dobbelaere "of the 96 per cent who chant for particular goals, only 3 per cent said that those goals had not been realized" (195). The goals SGI Buddhists aim at are immensely varied, ranging from acquisition of specific sums of money to compassion towards others and the spread of Buddhism world wide. Soka Gakkai appears able to encompass all of these disparate aims, to foster in its members a spirit of independence and enterprise and, despite the apparently highly individualistic nature of the basic chanting practice, to mobilize the majority of members into collective activities promoting personal, social, cultural, environmental, and spiritual uplift on a global scale.

5. SGI Home Page
   By Clark Morphew, Staff Writer soka gakkai buddhism has spread worldwide since World War II. But Dunlavy says Soka Gakkai is a different kind of Buddhism.  
   http://www.sgi-usa-chicago.org/stpaul.html
   
   Extractions: By Clark Morphew, Staff Writer Soka Gakkai Buddhism has spread worldwide since World War II. Though prayer meetings take place monthly in St. Paul, adherents chant daily for among other things peace and nonviolent social change. ``A great revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.'' "The Human Revolution,'' a history [sic] of Soka Gakkai International They worship in a quiet neighborhood in St. Paul inside a white concrete building, but their Buddhist origins emerged from the violence and ruins of World War II. The religion is Soka Gakkai International. It is one of perhaps 1,000 branches of Buddhism. Since World War II, it has steadily grown in membership in 128 countries. The local Soka Gakkai community has about 450 members across the Twin Cities. They worship together once a month in a building on Eustis Street on the western edge of St. Paul. Only the letters SGI identify the building as a place of worship. But inside on the first Sunday of each month, about 50 people gather to chant and contemplate life. The Twin Cities' Soka Gakkai leader is Howard Dunlavy, a native Minnesotan who discovered the religion at a critical juncture in his life.

6. SGI Sokka Gakkai Forums And Message Boards For Nichiren Buddhism
   NamMyoho-Renge-Kyo. soka gakkai buddhism (SGI). 3/15/2004 SGI, soka gakkai buddhism and Buddhist forums Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, and Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.  
   http://vegweb.com/veglinks/out.cgi?id=94

7. OUP: Global Citizens: Machacek
   The book also explains the success of soka gakkai buddhism with reference to continuity between Soka Gakkai teachings and the experience of people living in  
   http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-924039-6
   
   Extractions: VIEW BASKET Quick Links About OUP Career Opportunities Contacts Need help? oup.com Search the Catalogue Site Index American National Biography Booksellers' Information Service Children's Fiction and Poetry Children's Reference Dictionaries Dictionary of National Biography Digital Reference English Language Teaching Higher Education Textbooks Humanities International Education Unit Journals Law Medicine Music Oxford English Dictionary Reference Rights and Permissions Science School Books Social Sciences World's Classics UK and Europe Book Catalogue Help with online ordering How to order Postage Returns policy ... Table of contents Edited by David Machacek , Lecturer,, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Bryan Wilson , Reader Emeritus in Sociology, University of Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford

8. OUP: Soka Gakkai In America: Hammond
   Philosophy, and Practice; 2 The Membership of SGIUSA; 3 The Practice of soka gakkai buddhism; PART TWO SGI-USA ITS CONVERTS; 4 Supply  
   http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-829389-5
   
   Extractions: VIEW BASKET Quick Links About OUP Career Opportunities Contacts Need help? oup.com Search the Catalogue Site Index American National Biography Booksellers' Information Service Children's Fiction and Poetry Children's Reference Dictionaries Dictionary of National Biography Digital Reference English Language Teaching Higher Education Textbooks Humanities International Education Unit Journals Law Medicine Music Oxford English Dictionary Reference Rights and Permissions Science School Books Social Sciences World's Classics UK and Europe Book Catalogue Help with online ordering How to order Postage Returns policy ... Table of contents Phillip Hammond , D. Mackenzie Brown Professor of Religious Studies, UCS, and David Machacek , University of California, Santa Barbara

9. Welcome To SGI-USA.ORG
   soka gakkai International (SGI)USA is an American Buddhist association that promotes world based on the teachings of the Nichiren school of Mahayana buddhism.  
   http://www.sgi-usa.org/
   
   Extractions: Soka Gakkai International (SGI)-USA is an American Buddhist association that promotes world peace and individual happiness based on the teachings of the Nichiren school of Mahayana Buddhism. Our members reflect a cross section of our diverse American society, representing a broad range of ethnic and social backgrounds This Web Site is maintained by The Soka Gakkai International-USA. The National Headquarters is located at 606 Wilshire Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90401. Voice: 310-260-8900, Fax: 310-260-8917. Acknowledgements Contacts Plugins

10. New Religious Movements Page: Soka Gakkai
    Hurst, Jane. 1992. Nichiren Shoshu buddhism and soka gakkai in America, the Ethos of a New Religious Movement. New York, NY Garland Publishing, Inc.  
    http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/soka.html
    
    Extractions: Founder: According to a 1960 group publication entitled The Sokagakkai Makiguchi Tsunesaburo is considered co-founder of the movement along with the second president, Toda Josei (27). Makiguchi established the early form of the group called Soka Kyoiku Gakkai and made fundamental connections with Nichiren Shoshu (1930's), and Toda Josei, his protege, reestablished the group after World War II (Metraux, History

11. Soka Gakkai Expose
    other high tech neoesoteric philosopies, soka gakkai has attracted its share of luminaries But what is soka gakkai, Nichiren Shoshu buddhism, or "True buddhism" all about anyway  
    http://www.catch22.com/~vudu/nsa.html
    
    Extractions: Note: me with regard to printing or reproducing this article in any form. CONSUMER BUDDHISM: NSA, PATRIOTISM, AND AMERICA by Harry S. Pariser Former member Veronika Fleming is singularly outspoken concerning her reasons for leaving the sect: "I got not so much bored as disenchanted. It's really great to get together and chant, but when they start hounding you to do it, it's a bit much. They spend as much as three hours a day chanting. I'd rather spend the time playing music." Touching her fingers to the sides of her forehead, Veronika states "They only see the world through the perspective of 'Nam-myo-ho-renge-kyo'. I read the World Tribune. Half of it is crap! It's like these good Christian beliefs that I grew up on, and I just don't need that in my adult life...Buddhism, not chanting, is a way of life; Buddhism takes years. It's pretentious to call yourself a Buddhist just because you chant. So what does all this mean? The abilities of chanting as a valid form of spiritual development is not the issue here; all of the Nichiren sects chant as do members of the Pure Land, and chanting predates recorded history. At question is the belief that worship of a relic, allegedly entrusted with magical powers, can bring material gain. At issue here is the question of whether one allies oneself with an organization which stresses that only its beliefs and its beliefs alone are correctan organization which subjugates the individual's development of an independent, well informed political and social conscience and substitutes the organizational point of viewor if one should strive for spiritual development on one's own, placing morality above materialism. It is a question that each of the organization's followers would do well to search their own hearts for an answer to.

12. Soka Gakkai
    soka gakkai, soka gakkai International, SGI, Daisaku Ikeda, Komeito Party, New Komeito Party Komeito torn between LDP, soka gakkai " Cult" or buddhism? Smaller coalition parties strengthen Koizumi's grip in Japan New Komeito, soka gakkai to be tougher on Mori  
    http://www.rickross.com/groups/gakkai.html

13. Welcome To Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism
    Offers a personal experience, explanation of the fundamentals of buddhism, and overview of the history soka gakkai.  
    http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/sgm/

14. About Soka Gakkai International
    soka gakkai president was Tsnesaburo Makiguchi and the second soka gakkai president was of each country by spreading understanding of the buddhism of Nichiren  
    http://www.sgi-usa.org/thesgiusa/aboutsgi/aboutsgi.html
    
    Extractions: Mail Order The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is an international association of more than 12 million members in Soka Gakkai constituent organizations in more than 180 countries and territories around the world. The SGI is administered by a board of directors and a committee of standing directors, and it commissions the Soka Gakkai of Japan to carry out its secretarial functions. The organization was founded in 1975. Daisaku Ikeda is the current SGI president. The first Soka Gakkai president was Tsnesaburo Makiguchi and the second Soka Gakkai president was Josei Toda The SGI aims to realize the absolute happiness (enlightenment) of individuals and the prosperity of each country by spreading understanding of the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin (1222-1282). Toward that end, the SGI engages in various activities to promote peace, culture and education based on Buddhism. Nichiren Buddhism , on which the activities of the SGI are based, places special emphasis on the sanctity of human life and, as a natural outgrowth of this, on peace. Lasting peace can only be realized by challenging and overcoming the inner impulse toward hatred and violence that exists within all people. Buddhism terms this inner impulse the "fundamental darkness of life." It is the dynamic process of self-reformation through the practice of Buddhism, that results in the rejuvenation of the individual and society, and forms the core of SGI's vision for a peaceful world.

15. Questions And Answers On Temple Issue
    Pamphlet published by the soka gakkai InternationalUSA, which attempts to outline key elements of the ongoing rift between the soka gakkai and Nichiren Shoshu.  
    http://www.sgi-usa.org/buddhism/library/SokaGakkai/Study/Temple/index.html
    
    Extractions: Questions and Answers on the Temple Issue A Pamphlet Published by the Soka Gakkai International-USA, 1997. INTRODUCTION WHAT IS THE TEMPLE ISSUE WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE TEMPLE ISSUE WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT NIKKEN ... Download the PDF INTRODUCTION This pamphlet attempts to outline some key elements of what has become known in the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) as the "temple issue" events and information related to Nichiren Shoshu's attacks on the SGI, and its continued efforts to undermine SGI's movement. When the priesthood of Nichiren Shoshu began a series of measures against the SGI at the beginning of this decade intended to disband and destroy the organization, it may have been shocking and disturbing, but it was not surprising from the standpoint of Nichiren Daishonin's teachings and of history. Many incidents and events going back to the Soka Gakkai's inception before World War II indicated that within the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood there existed the potential for hatred and jealousy toward lay believers. It was evident in the attitude and behavior of more than a few priests. As the Gakkai's growth and influence increased, so did the number of priests who harbored such an attitude until, eventually, it reached the office of high priest.

16. SGI-USA: Fort Worth, Texas
    Group for practitioners of the buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin. History, FAQs, glossary, events, messageboard, press and study materials.  
    http://ftworthbuddhas.tripod.com/fwbuddhaspage/
    
    Extractions: SGI-USA: Fort Worth, Texas SGI-USA Who Was Nichiren Daishonin? Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo Practice ... New Guidelines for Membership Welcome to the Fort Worth Chapter of Soka Gakkai USA. The SGI-USA (Soka Gakkai International USA) is an American Buddhist organization whose mission is to contribute to peace, culture and education based on the philosophy and ideals of the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin. Members of the Soka Gakkai practice the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin for their personal enlightenment and for the development of a humane and peaceful society. The Soka Gakkai was founded in Japan in 1930 and has developed into an international organization, Soka Gakkai International (SGI), with members in more than 177 countries. Soka is a Japanese word meaning "value creation"; Gakkai means "society". In 1991, SGI separated from the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood, and is dedicated to the creation of a humanistic and non-authoritarian organization based on equality and respect for all life. Members practice the Buddhism of Nichiren as lay believers. SGI-USA provides legally-sanctioned wedding and memorial services for those members who choose Buddhist ceremonies.

17. SGI - Features
    VIEWS ON SGI. Articles. Around the World. SGI s global activities for peace, education and culture. The soka gakkai Dictionary of buddhism Published.  
    http://www.sgi.org/english/Features/quarterly/0301/world6.htm
    
    Extractions: The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism was published on November 18, 2002, in commemoration of the Soka Gakkai's 72nd anniversary. The 1,000-page dictionary, which contains more than 2,700 entries including cross references, is a major revision and expansion of A Dictionary of Buddhist Terms and Concepts , published in 1983. There are virtually no other English-language dictionaries of Buddhist terms with so many entries. In 1952, the Soka Gakkai published the Nichiren Daishonin gosho zenshu (The Complete Works of Nichiren Daishonin), a publication project initiated and supervised by Josei Toda, second president of the Soka Gakkai. Since that time, translation into various languages of Nichiren's writings has been progressing steadily.

18. Buddhism Of Nichiren Daishonin
    Unofficial. Brief overview of Nichiren buddhism and the soka gakkai.  
    http://www.geocities.com/scotbuddha/Buddhism_for_All.html
    
    Extractions: All SGI activities are based on the teachings and the individual practice of the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin.  This 13th Century Japanese sage centred his philosophy on what is traditionally thought to be one of the last recorded teachings of the first historically recorded Buddha (variously known as Guatama Siddhartha or Shakyamuni Buddha) which was named the Lotus Sutra.  The Lotus Sutra declares that all living beings regardless of gender or intellectual capacity, can attain the enlightened state of life within their given lifetime. 

19. Reaffirming Our Right To Happiness
    Justification for the conferral of Gohonzon by the soka gakkai and rebuttal of Nichiren Shoshu objections to this practice.  
    http://www.sgi-usa.org/buddhism/library/SokaGakkai/Study/Temple/reaffirming.html
    
    Extractions: Condemnation of the Soka Gakkai Conferral of the Gohonzon Answers to Commonly Asked Questions About ... The Recent History of the Conferral of the Gohonzon Behind the SGI’s decision to issue the Gohonzon On September 7, 1993, adopting a proposal from Sendo Narita, the chief priest of Joen-ji, a temple in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, the SGI announced that it would start issuing Gohonzon, reproduced from a Gohonzon transcribed in 1720 by Nichikan, the 26 th high priest of Taiseki-ji, to its members worldwide. Many SGI members who practiced without the Gohonzon since Nichiren Shoshu’s refusal to grant them the Gohonzon were overjoyed at the news. And many others, filled with hope, have been looking forward to a bright future of the spread of Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism ad a flourishing of the Soka Renaissance toward a world that embraces truly humanistic ideals.

20. NPR : New Religions, Part III: Soka Gakkai
    New Religions, Part III soka gakkai. All Things Considered audio Mandalit del Barco explores a modern version of buddhism known as soka gakkai. It's an import from Asia, brought to  
    http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1894183.html
    
    Extractions: Skip Navigation Programs and Schedules All Programs A-Z All Schedules MOST VISITED PROGRAMS All Songs Considered All Things Considered Car Talk Day to Day The Diane Rehm Show Fresh Air with Terry Gross Morning Edition The Motley Fool Radio Show Performance Today Talk of the Nation The Tavis Smiley Show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Weekend Edition Saturday Weekend Edition Sunday SCHEDULES NPR Stations' Schedules NPR.org Program Stream NPR Worldwide NPR on Sirius Satellite Radio var SA_ID="nprpix;npr"; New Religions, Part III: Soka Gakkai All Things Considered audio May 12, 2004 As part of our series on new religious movements, NPR's Mandalit del Barco explores a modern version of Buddhism known as Soka Gakkai. It's an import from Asia, brought to the United States by Japanese war brides. In the 1960s, it caught on with anti-war hippies. Now it has more than 300,000 adherents in the United States, most of them middle class, from all ethnic groups.

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