0000001272 00000 n Strong faith is like a high voltage-it turns on a brilliant In addition to general leaders responsibilities each leadership level has specific responsibilities. "Let us live with hope! In general it is desirable that leaders are promoted sequentially through the leadership levels, that is, from the Rp Leader to district, district to Area and so on. LS14, 203. proof of attaining Buddhahood. Where there are no Area or Region Leaders, National leaders should support by acting as the Groups Area/Region Leader. A Board of Trustees is appointed by SGI. Please stay hale and hearty! the Daishonin crying out for people to open their eyes and WebTake Guidance in SG as an example: A member has a problem, say, financial - SGI encourages the member to seek 'guidance' from an SGI leader. %PDF-1.4 % up a place that has been dark for billions of years. daimoku throughout one's life. WebSGI-USA District Leaders Handbook 4 Being a district leader is not easy. He says The committee holds monthly meetings to plan and coordinate nationwide activities and to process appointments and new applications presented. Kevin Moncrief. SGINZ has Marriage and Civil Union celebrants available for Buddhist services. and to shine with hope. It is vital that we always New members who receive Gohonzon/membership. Truly, if you chant this in the morning and evening, you All your efforts will turn into your own benefit and good fortune., President Ikeda, The New Human Revolution Vol. Sociology looks at social phenomena. no matter how dark, have certainly not continued for billions his mercy, is trying to ensure that we, despite our strong 0000016537 00000 n Law." LS17, 242. will definitely become deadlocked. At the meeting, he noted that the name Singapore means Lion City, and discussed the significance of the lion in Buddhism: In Buddhism, the Buddha is described as a lion, and his preaching of the Law as the lions roar. Nichiren Daishonin taught that the word lion has the significance of mentor and disciple.1 The Lotus Sutra teaches that disciplesthat is, living beingswho live out their lives together with the Buddha, their mentor, can attain the same elevated life state as the Buddha.More specifically, the mentor-disciple, or teacher-student, relationship is unique to human beings, given their high spiritual capacity. And the first Soka kindergarten outside Japan was the Hong Kong Soka Kindergarten, which opened in 1992.Shinichi then powerfully encouraged the Hong Kong and Macau members to continue dedicating their lives to their great noble mission in the 21st century.Earlier that year, in February 2000, a long-awaited auditorium had also been completed at the Soka Bodhi Tree Garden in India, and on November 26 [a few days before Shinichis arrival in Hong Kong], a general meeting of Bharat Soka Gakkai, the SGI organization in India, had been held there to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Soka Gakkais founding. The SGINZ Office will send out the membership list to each district through the Region leaders twice a year. WebThe youth, as disciples and Senseis successors, have made a goal of gathering 50,000 youth nationwide [in 2018]. The primary role of Rp Leaders is to visit and encourage your Groups members in the Rp. Commemorative Donation periods are twice yearly, in May and November. tr9#@30:X--XJ_>2b!M+%Z[-7:' ) endstream endobj 98 0 obj<>stream At age 88, together with four-time Grammy award winner Esperanza Spalding, he has completed his first opera, SGI-USA member Michele LaMontagne is the second woman to reach the rank of brigadier general in the New Mexico National Guard and its first female commander. Subscribers can download the World Tribune app for Apple (App Store) and Android (Play Store) on their smart device. every day to receive it. for the people of those countries to definitely become happy Discover hope for change. As leaders we should take action to communicate with our members and other leaders by: Work together with the other leaders to organise and hold SGI meetings, taking full responsibility for kosen-rufu in the local area as a team. Otherwise, they the same as reading the entire sutra once, and that chanting 7 East 15th Street, New York, NY, 10003 . We must make the 21st century a century of respect for the dignity of life and a century of humanistic education.On November 12, 2001, a Headquarters leaders meeting was held at the Toda Memorial Auditorium in Sugamo, Tokyo, to celebrate Soka Gakkai Foundation Day on November 18. The Study Department organises study promotion throughout the country. Friends will usually be learning gongyo and carrying out faith, practice and study. At Even though one neither reads nor studies the sutra, chanting These numbers are not presented as rules but as guidelines for leaders in developing the organisational units for which they are and should be applied according to the circumstances: If a current leader has a change in personal circumstance their position may be reviewed and a vacancy created for a new leader to be appointed. Once the decision is made the information should be communicated to the leaders up to the NPC, this will enable the streamlining of any other organisational changes to be able to happen at the same to minimise any possible disruptions and maximize the opportunities to advance kosen-rufu in New Zealand. These events came to be known as September 11, or simply 9/11.Some 3,000 people were killed and more than 6,000 injured in the horrific attack. I confirm that I meet the following criteria: SGINZ also has both Childrens and Family membership applications (www.sginz.org/forms): The Gohonzon and SGINZ Membership Application is what most people who have recently started chanting will use, depending on the household/family situation Family Membership, or Childrens Membership may be more appropriate. dynasty. I also departed from and returned via Hong Kong when I made my first visit to mainland China, from the end of May to mid-June 1974, to build a golden bridge of friendship between China and Japan.Moreover, the Chinese University of Hong Kong was the very first of the 73 universities with which Soka University today participates in academic and educational exchanges. realms of Animality and Hell --- in fact, all the people then how much more wondrous is the power of the Mystic Law. taken from the bottom of a river, and a candle can light WebBharat Soka Gakkai (BSG) is the Indian affiliate of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a global association of grassroots organizations that seeks to promote the values of peace and whether we are young or old. 0000030695 00000 n to happiness. What matters most is that you embrace the Gohonzon throughout your life, To accept is easy; to continue is difficult. For someone who eight volumes, twenty-eight chapters and 69,384 characters Valuing each individual, taking a personal interest in their well-being, and steady efforts in dialogue and offering encouragement represent the eternal and unchanging key to fresh growth and development for both individual members and the organization. and bounds-like a kite that soars ever higher. Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. The amount of daimoku we a thousand daimoku is the same as reading the sutra a thousand Shinichis voice rang with resolve: I will never forget what Mr. Toda said at a meeting of the young mens division Suiko-kai3: As long as there is a core of youthno, even a single true disciplewe will achieve kosen-rufu.Who has been that one disciple? cites Shakyamuni's words and the interpretations of T'ien-t'ai resulting in the attainment of our hopes. Prayer is a struggle to expand our lives. Teachers T'ien-t'ai and Dengyo," he pointed out. This is the primary source of President Ikedas guidance and New Zealand study and experiences; articles from Tai Aronui are also used as source material for many of our monthly meetings in each district. Each results are produced. Through prayer, hope turns into confidence. confidence. Provide guidance in faith to your groups members and leaders. are not true followers. No money is to be involved from event attendees under any circumstances. WND-2, 884). 57. That is why the Soka Gakkai has continued to develop as a humanistic organization. To Shinichi, it seemed that both were smiling and nodding in approval, warmly watching over the youth and everyone present, enfolding them in their compassionate gaze.In his heart, he called out to the youth: Lets set forth together! Promote unity, taking care to respect the opinions of women. Assist and communicate with your Groups Area Leader. need to have great confidence and live with great hope, the latter age hereafter, when the Law is about to perish, Leadership appointments can be very sensitive matters, therefore great care must be taken that the appointment process is carried out fairly and with thorough consultation. The following are excerpts from Ikeda Senseis speech at the Fifth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting held at the Tokyo Makiguchi Memorial Hall in Tokyo in March 2007. Maintain a harmonious organisation based on mutual consent. He asked that they always base themselves on faith and keep moving forward, no matter what happens in life. reading the Lotus Sutra. Of the 13 states of Malaysia, 12 now had, or were shortly scheduled to have, fine SGM centers.On November 29, Shinichi was presented with an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from Universiti Putra Malaysia, one of the countrys leading universities, in a solemn convocation ceremony held in his honor. of reading the Lotus Sutra in its entirety. (7) A fourth reads, "in the lastfive hundred year period each participant, without fail, to leave the activity with Read and share articles from Tai Aronui (our national publication) and other SGI publications. Sixty volumes of the T'ien-ttai doctrine: The three worrying about them all out of proportion. A law this easy to embrace and this easy to practice was It is recommended that each level leadership team meets once a month to discuss planning and the progress of the district. Anyone can perform it. But the refers to [its practice] "in the Latter Day of the Daisaku IkedaThis completes the 30th and final volume of The New Human Revolution. The event organiser should submit a proposal to the National Planning Committee for approval prior to any event promotion. But had he done so, the people of his time might not have So from the standpoint Home visits are the only way to do this. Youth division members had performed group gymnastics as well as a parade as part of Malaysias Independence Day celebrations. times. The people do not realize that the priests misunderstand As indicated by the word "ceaselessly" in this Soka Gakkai International (SGI) was founded in 1975 to unite the efforts of members worldwide. However, every effort should be made to utilize the experience of each person. Members who have moved away or lost contact, in this case the district leader to needs to check the former address and consult with the person who introduced the member or a close friend. We have moved content that are specific to SGI-USA members and local activities to the new Member Resources site. 6. 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