NEW EDITORIAL PROJECT
Il Nuovo Rinascimento, 44 pages, monthly, ilnuovorinascimento.orgBuddismo e Società, 36 pages, bimonthly, buddismoesocieta.org
The first publication of the Italian Buddhist Institute Soka Gakkai, founded in February 1982, will have a new print version of 44 pages (compared to the current 32 of NR Selezione) and will adopt the current format of Buddismo e società. It will therefore be a totally revamped magazine, with a greater number of pages and variety of content, it will be published every month and will present everything necessary to deepen faith, practice and study of Buddhism, and to carry out the activities of the Soka Gakkai. The lesson for the monthly study, until now in Buddismo e società, will also be published in Il Nuovo Rinascimento
In 2026, its fortieth anniversary will be celebrated, in its print version it will be 36 pages and will be published every two months. Its specials, interviews and columns will thus be able to be increasingly accurate and entirely dedicated to exploring social and cultural themes in the light of Buddhism, aiming to spread a humanistic and hopeful vision in society. At the same time, it will be an even more effective tool to present the Soka Gakkai and its initiatives for peace, culture and education, including those related to projects supported by the 8x1000 funds and the Be The Hope Foundation.
As Daisaku Ikeda writes:
"Our magazines have the role of transforming despair into hope, pain into joy, a sense of powerlessness into courage, to move from 'a life in which one cries for one's karma' to 'a life in which one lives to fulfill one's mission' by revitalizing oneself and others."
A novel by Daisaku Ikeda on the theme of friendship.333 BC. Alexander the Great, on his conquest of the East, contracts a severe illness. No one among the wise men in his retinue can find a cure to save him from death. But in the nocturnal quiet of the camp, as the disease slowly consumes his body, a tormenting doubt tears at his soul. Is the potion prepared for him by Philip, his loyal childhood friend and personal physician, a medicine or a poison? As swift as the wind, sent by one of his generals, a messenger on horseback arrives to deliver the letter containing the answer: Philip is a traitor. The young and invincible king will thus have to wonder whether to trust the messenger and disown his lifelong friend, or bring the cup to his lips and risk his life. The classical world meets Buddhist teachings and offers Master Ikeda the opportunity to celebrate, in a compelling and precious book, the value of loyalty and friendship.
True friendship is not based on calculation. Gold and wealth cannot buy it. It makes us better: it brings out our qualities, helps us make others happy, and while we strive to do so, it gives us joy. Therefore, a friend is like a second self; in friendship two people become one, and a bond of this kind can be defined as life itself.
