The Soka Gakkai has always been committed to encouraging the honest, hardworking ordinary people of the world. That’s the very heart of our discussion meetings.
From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 127
Daisaku Ikeda
When the spirit of poetry lives within us, even objects do not appear as mere things; our eyes are trained on an inner spiritual reality. A flower is not just a flower. The moon is no mere clump of matter floating in the skies. Our gaze fixed on a flower or the moon, we intuitively perceive the unfathomable bondsthat link us to the world.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 447
Daisaku Ikeda
This is our belief and conviction: That all people on earth have the right to happiness. That all people inherently possess the capacity for lasting happiness. That it is through fulfilling their unique and noble purpose in life that each person may realize maximum happiness both for themselves and for others.
>From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 3, revised edition, p. 440
Daisaku Ikeda