Welcome to the ezine produced by SGI Buddhists that prompts the positive, kindles the constructive, highlights the hopeful and leaves you feeling - well, up!
Published on Tuesday, 21 August 2012 16:22 | | 
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Jennifer Isidore from London describes how she was caught in a clash between youth gangs while walking home. She was able to diffuse the situation, and used her Buddhist faith to build bonds of trust and understanding with young people in her community.
Published on Friday, 17 August 2012 08:15 | | |
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'What I radiate has an immense and pronounced effect on the world — that is sometimes easy to forget,' says Zen Buddhist Bhodi Anjo Daishin
Published on Tuesday, 05 June 2012 17:44 | | |
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Eastern spirituality is in vogue. Why? Is it a desire to reintroduce mystery into a material world? A dissatisfaction with the single God of Western religions? Or a temporary consumer fad?
Published on Thursday, 17 May 2012 13:42 | | |
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Josei Toda, second president of the Soka Gakkai, defined the confusion between knowledge and wisdom as one of the major failings of modern society. But wisdom can be an elusive concept. And knowledge can be seductive. How do we balance the two?
Published on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 18:27 | | |
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People first coming into contact with the practice of the Soka Gakkai International may be struck by the importance placed on the phrase 'Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.' It may appear that everything starts from and returns to this single phrase.
Published on Friday, 13 April 2012 11:19 | | |
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Ngapaki Emery talks about the way her Buddhist practice has changed her relationship with herself and the way she walks in the world as a Maori.
Published on Wednesday, 07 March 2012 23:25 | | |
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SGI President Ikeda writes about 'the dangers of sudden deprivation' caused by natural disasters, conflict and economic crises, in his 2012 Peace Proposal to the UN - 'Human Security and Sustainability: Sharing Reverence for the Dignity of Life'.