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SGI Canada Newsletter, No. 110 - July 26, 2024

July 26, 2024

SGI Canada Newsletter

Issue no. 110

July 26, 2024

 

Welcome to the 110th issue of the SGI Canada Newsletter, a bi-weekly summary of news, upcoming events and encouragement. If you are not subscribing to the SGI Canada Newsletter, you may do so by clicking on the button below. Subscriptions are free of charge, and the SGI Canada Newsletter will be emailed directly to you.

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Encouragement 

“Nurturing the Future Division and Youth Toward a Century of Peace!” 

In his speech to the 3rd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Meeting in Sugamo, Tokyo on June 29 2024, Soka Gakkai President Harada spoke of the importance of the bond with our mentor Daisaku Ikeda, even though we may never have met him in person: 

In an essay [in 2001], President Ikeda wrote: “Human revolution is meeting with people. Kosen-rufu is talking with people.” 

It is true indeed that “the seeds of Buddhahood sprout through causation” (LSOC2, 75). Exerting ourselves joyously throughout our respective nations, let’s meet with and speak to even one more person and make this a summer where each of us advances in our efforts toward our own human revolution and kosen-rufu. 

In the days of his youth, President Ikeda dedicated himself to meeting, encouraging, and training as many members as he could in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward. He once said to the members there: “There are those who have never spoken with me or met me who are wholeheartedly supporting the Soka Gakkai and striving their hardest. As far as I’m concerned, they have genuine faith.” 

This is the essence of the mentor and disciple relationship and the key to building a youthful Soka Gakkai worldwide. It is also in tune with President Ikeda’s message at the third entrance ceremony at Soka University [in 1973], where he declared: “From here on, education will be my central work and preoccupation. I am determined to build the foundation for 30 years after my death.” 

By the time the second series of Seven Bells reaches completion in 2050 and the third series of Seven Bells—with the aim of establishing the philosophy of respect for the dignity of life as the spirit of the age and the world—begins, some 30 years will have elapsed since President Ikeda’s death.

Our ability to nurture individuals with genuine faith today, even though they never met with President Ikeda personally, will determine whether great numbers of capable people will emerge at that time, dancing joyfully on the true stage of worldwide kosen-rufu.

Genuine faith can only be polished by genuine faith. Taking President Ikeda’s determination as our vow, let us raise our precious Future Division and youth members into champions of kosen-rufu directly linked to President Ikeda, as we resolutely open the way to a century of peace. 

The complete speech will appear in the September 2024 New Century.

 

News

“Dialogue for Peace” continues


Across Canada, districts are talking this month about the power of one person to create change, as seen in the SGI exhibit “Seeds of Hope and Action” which highlights the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

To view the “Seeds of Hope and Action” exhibit:

https://www.sokaglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/seeds-of-hope-and-action-en.pdf 

To find out more about the Sustainable Development Goals:

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/  

Changes to Monthly Pre-Authorized Payments (PAP) starting on October 1, 2024

If you are using monthly Pre-Authorized Payments (PAP) to pay for your publication subscriptions or to make financial contributions to SGI Canada, please note that the following changes will take effect on October 1, 2024:

We thank you for your continued support and understanding. 

Upcoming events 

Study Exam in October  

Registration

Registration for the SGI Canada Level 2 Study Exam is now open. 

The exam will be held on Sunday, October 27, 2024 and will be offered in English, French and Chinese. Everyone who passed the 2019 Basics Exam or the 2023 Level 1 Introductory Exam is eligible to write the Level 2 exam in October. 

You can register for the exam by completing the short form at: https://forms.gle/mBu4gexhoC6yYEyb8 

or by using the QR Code below:

Anyone wishing to write the exam must first register.  

Study Materials 

The study materials for the Level 2 Exam are:

PDF File

The Level 2 Exam materials are now available in PDF format with highlighted key passages. You can obtain the PDF file through your local district leaders. 

Printed Versions

The Basics of Nichiren Buddhism for the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu is available from the SGI Canada Online Bookstore and local SGI Canada bookstores in English, French and Chinese. It is also available online in English and Chinese at the Soka Gakkai Global website: https://www.sokaglobal.org/resources/study-materials/buddhist-study/the-basics-of-nichiren-buddhism-for-the-new-era-of-worldwide-kosen-rufu.html

President Ikeda’s lecture on the Gosho “On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land” is contained in the August issue of NEW CENTURY. 

More information about the exam is available on the SGI Canada website at:

https://www.sgicanada.org/activities/sgi-canada-level-2-study-exam

 

 

We hope you found this newsletter beneficial. Please email your questions or comments to contact@sgicanada.org. Please note that the next SGI Canada Newsletter will appear on August 9, 2024. See you then!

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