The New Human Revolution
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Esperia The New Human Revolution Vol. 27
1978, designated as the "Year of Study," saw Shin'ichi Yamamoto undertaking a series of trips to various prefectures and regions across Japan, events described in this volume. In meeting with members and leaders, Shin'ichi seized every opportunity to offer them warm encouragement and guidance, pouring his entire being into these interactions without reservation. During these encounters, sometimes informal, Shin'ichi reiterated the fundamental principles underpinning the Soka Gakkai, such as the importance of personal encouragement and the meaning and function of discussion meetings. He also made an effort to visit the pioneers in those areas, whose homes had served for years as operational bases for local activities, to thank them personally.Moreover, on April 9, 1978, the Soka Elementary School in Tokyo was inaugurated: Shin'ichi Yamamoto thus saw the realization of a goal, so dear to his mentor Toda and to the first president of the Soka Gakkai, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, of completing an entire Soka school system, from kindergarten to post-graduate specialization, based on Makiguchi's educational ideals. For Shin'ichi, it was also the concretization of his commitment to fostering capable individuals, based on the conviction that young people are the leaders of the future.
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Esperia The New Human Revolution vols. 25/26
The autobiographical novel by Daisaku Ikeda, president of the SGI. Starting from early 1977, Shin’ichi Yamamoto embarks on a series of journeys to various prefectures across Japan: in each location, meetings with local leaders become an opportunity to offer guidance and advice on various aspects of activities, such as unity and the attitude of leaders, but also practical instructions on topics like how to organize meetings, how to moderate during gatherings, or how to transmit communications. In September of the same year, in the village of Atsuta, Josei Toda's hometown, the Memorial Park dedicated to him is inaugurated, the first cemetery built by the Soka Gakkai. President Yamamoto attends the inauguration and expounds on the profound view of life and death in Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism. 1978, the "Year of Study," is marked by a change in the Soka Gakkai's organizational structure: from the "vertical" system, where each member belonged to the district of the person who introduced them to Buddhism, to the new structure centered on chapters and based on geographical area, with the aim of allowing people to take root in their local community and engage in Buddhist dialogue with people in their community. Furthermore, that year Shin'ichi commits to paving the way for the study of Buddhism as a driving force for kosen rufu, giving a strong impetus to the Gakkai's study activities.
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Esperia The New Human Revolution vols. 19/20
The autobiographical novel by Daisaku Ikeda, SGI President. 1974: Shin'ichi Yamamoto's initiatives to spread a culture of peace bear fruit, and the kosen rufu movement begins to be understood even where it was previously viewed with suspicion. President Yamamoto travels to Panama, then to Peru, where he receives the keys to the city of Lima, and to California, where he is awarded honorary citizenship of San Diego. In Okinawa, Soka Gakkai youth collect the experiences of World War II survivors, a valuable testimony that will serve as a warning for the future about the tragic consequences of war.1974 is also the year Shin'ichi Yamamoto travels to China and the Soviet Union. The establishment of friendly relations between universities and his efforts to initiate sincere dialogues are the beginning of a path toward friendship and trust between nations that had long been hostile to each other. Towards the end of the year, President Yamamoto is again in Beijing, where a historic meeting, strongly desired by the gravely ill Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, takes place. Yamamoto later also meets with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to present his proposals aimed at international détente.
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Esperia The New Human Revolution Vols. 21/22
The autobiographical novel by Daisaku Ikeda, SGI President. 1975 is the year of the founding of Soka Gakkai International. On January 26, representatives from over fifty countries around the world gathered on the island of Guam to celebrate the launch of a worldwide peace movement. President Yamamoto had just returned from a trip to the United States during which he met the UN Secretary-General and the American Secretary of State. It was the latest step in a series of initiatives he had undertaken to promote dialogue and détente between the major world powers. The first World Peace Conference was an opportunity for Shin'ichi to reconfirm before all the assembled representatives the objective entrusted to him by his mentor Josei Toda: "Mr. Toda, I will dedicate my entire life to realizing kosen rufu in the world, in order to bring happiness and peace to all humankind." The Soka Gakkai President's popular diplomacy initiatives continued, and in April he embarked on a third trip to China, which was followed by another trip to the Soviet Union and Europe. Meanwhile, Soka Gakkai continued to expand the scope of its activities. In July, the city of Honolulu in Hawaii hosted an important cultural festival that marked a new further step in the kosen rufu movement worldwide.
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