The new human revolution
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Esperia The new human revolution vol. 27
The year 1978, which was designated as the "Year of Study" and whose events are described in this volume, saw Shin'ichi Yamamoto engaged in a series of trips to various prefectures and regions of Japan. In meeting with members and leaders, Shin'ichi takes every opportunity to extend warm encouragement and guidance to them, in which he lavishes his whole being, never sparing himself. During meetings, sometimes even informal ones, Shin'ichi reiterates the fundamental principles that underlie the Soka Gakkai, such as the importance of personal encouragement and the meaning and function of discussion meetings. He also pledges to visit the pioneers in those areas, whose homes for years have served as the base of operations for local activities, to thank them personally.In addition, on April 9, 1978, the Tokyo Soka Elementary School is inaugurated.Shin'ichi Yamamoto thus sees the goal, so dear to his teacher Toda and the first Soka Gakkai president Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, of completing an entire Soka school system, from kindergarten to postgraduate studies, based on Makiguchi's educational ideals, realized. For Shin'ichi, it is also the realization of his commitment to raising capable individuals, based on the belief that young people are the leaders of the future.
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Esperia The New Human Revolution vols. 13/14
The autobiographical novel of Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI. The years 1968 and 1969, the events of which are recounted in these two volumes, are decisive for the development of the Soka Gakkai, for they saw its president Shin'ichi Yamamoto take on a very delicate and important task. At the invitation of certain Chinese government officials, Shin'ichi takes it upon himself to initiate the process that over the course of several years will lead to the reopening of diplomatic relations between China and Japan. The initiative naturally causes many repercussions, as the Soka Gakkai president's action affects foreign policy issues with respect to which the Japanese government has taken a very cautious stance. But Shin'ichi Yamamoto is certain that the peoples of the two nations desire peace and mutual friendship above all else, and he is ready to face any difficulty to see his great goal realized. "My friends, look with an open face at the endless chain of calamities and miseries that afflict the world! Do not look away from the vortex of suffering that constitutes reality! We must speak boldly and constantly for the happiness and peace of humanity. We must offer the world wise and insightful words. And we must act. To live is to struggle. This is the mission and the great path of Buddhist practitioners."
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Esperia The New Human Revolution vols. 9/10
The autobiographical novel of Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI. 1964 and 1965 are busy years for Shin'ichi Yamamoto. The young Soka Gakkai president begins writing the novel The Human Revolution with the aim of conveying the spirit of his master Josei Toda. He also pours all his energy into raising "young phoenixes" and developing the Seikyo Shimbun, which becomes a daily newspaper in 1965. He continued his travels throughout Japan and the rest of the world to encourage members and pioneers of the kosen rufu movement: the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal and, for the first time, Mexico, a country that, shortly before his death, Toda had dreamed of visiting. Inspired by his actions, many young Japanese moved abroad to boost propagation and challenge their personal destinies: kosen rufu was taking on the profile of a movement that spanned the globe.
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Esperia The New Human Revolution vols. 21/22
The autobiographical novel of Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI. 1975 is the founding year of the International Soka Gakkai. On January 26, representatives from more than fifty countries around the world gather on the island of Guam to celebrate the start of a worldwide peace movement. President Yamamoto is fresh from a trip to the United States during which he met with the U.N. secretary general and the U.S. secretary of state. It is the latest step in a series of initiatives he has taken to foster dialogue and détente among the world's great powers. The First World Peace Conference is an opportunity for Shin'ichi to reconfirm before all the assembled representatives the goal he was entrusted with by his mentor Josei Toda: "Mr. Toda, I will devote my whole life to realizing kosen rufu in the world in order to bring happiness and peace to all mankind." The Soka Gakkai president's people's diplomacy initiatives continue, and in April he leaves for a third trip to China, to be followed by another trip to the Soviet Union and Europe. The Soka Gakkai meanwhile continues to expand the scope of its activities. In July the city of Honolulu in the Hawai'i Islands hosts a major cultural festival that marks another new step in the kosen rufu movement around the world.
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Esperia The New Human Revolution vols. 7/8
The autobiographical novel of Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI. Volumes VII and VIII cover the chronicle of 1962 and 1963, years of great development both in Japan and abroad for the Soka Gakkai. While this sprouts seeds of hope in many countries, in South Korea the spread of Nichiren Buddhism triggers severe persecution of Gakkai members. In 1962, the Bay of Pigs crisis exposed the fragile balance of the Cold War, and only Kennedy's nerves averted the nightmare of an atomic war. The American president wishes to meet with Shin'Äôichi Yamamoto, but this meeting, equally desired by the president of the Soka Gakkai, will be canceled due to interference by some Japanese politicians. In 1963 Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. The event shocks the whole world and leaves President Yamamoto's heart with the regret of not having been able to dialogue with him; he nevertheless makes his own determination to carry forward the humanitarian ideals so dear to President Kennedy.
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