Books and magazines
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Esperia Youth and Nichiren Daishonin's Writings
Daisaku Ikeda's encouragements to young people, based on the writings of Nichiren Daishonin. "We live in times of rapid change, which require the active participation of young people, with the courage, vitality and foresight that characterise them. The time has come to step forward and take responsibility for our magnificent movement for the realization of worldwide kosen rufu." These are the words with which the series of dialogues that SGI President Daisaku Ikeda held with youth division leaders, thinking about the development of the kosen rufu movement, begins. Various salient passages from Nichiren Daishonin's writings are examined, highlighting the aspects that refer to the fundamentals of Buddhist teaching and emphasizing their relevance to contemporary reality.
€11,00
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Esperia The Hiroshima Notebook
A novel by Daisaku Ikeda set in Hiroshima.“An indomitable spirit, capable of enduring any adversity.” This phrase kept echoing in her mind. Life is full of unhappiness and pain. When we experience a setback, we can sometimes be overwhelmed by despair. But that suffering is the material with which we build our existence. One can blame fate and resign oneself to defeat, or one can resume living aiming for happiness – it all depends on having or not having “an indomitable spirit, capable of enduring any adversity.”
€9,90
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Esperia The Ikeda Kayo Kai Vow
Daisaku Ikeda's Guidance for the young women of the Kayo-kai group.
€5,00
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IBISG 951 New Renaissance - APRIL 2026
The first publication of the Italian Soka Gakkai Buddhist Institute, 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 Buddhism and Society. It will therefore be a totally renewed 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 the study of Buddhism, and to carry out Soka Gakkai activities. The lesson for the monthly study, until now in Buddhism and Society, will also be published in Il Nuovo Rinascimento. As Daisaku Ikeda writes: "Our magazines have the role of transforming despair into hope, pain into joy, the 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."
€4,00
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IBISG 950 New Renaissance with B&S insert - MARCH 2026
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."
€6,00
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Esperia Buddhism, the first millennium
The book discusses the development of Buddhism after the death of its founder Shakyamuni. Starting from the first council, organized by Shakyamuni's direct disciples, which brought order to the complex system of the Buddha's teachings, up to the birth of the Mahayana movement, whose origins remain poorly defined. Daisaku Ikeda examines the sparse historical information that has reached us and interprets it with his characteristic originality and intuition. He expounds the essential principles of the Lotus Sutra, the fundamental scripture of the Great Vehicle, and retraces the events of some of the protagonists in the history of Buddhism: King Ashoka and the philosophers Nagarjuna and Vasubandhu, who contributed to its affirmation as one of the major world religions.
€11,00
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Esperia The Life of the Buddha
An interpretive biography of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni. Daisaku Ikeda, a contemporary Buddhist leader and thinker, attempts to trace, using the scarce biographical information available about Gautama Siddhartha, known as Shakyamuni or the Buddha, the motivations that led a man who had every earthly wealth and privilege at his disposal to abandon palaces, his princely title, wife, and son. He likely did so in reaction to the discovery of the fundamental sufferings of life, which spare no one, not even those who enjoy a privileged existence. Ikeda retraces the steps of the young man in search of the enlightenment that can free human beings from every bond of suffering, engaging in a quest based on sparse sources and his own experience as a Buddhist practitioner. Can what drove Gautama Siddhartha almost three thousand years ago to undertake a arduous struggle to overcome the impermanence of life and find the supreme happiness represented by "awakening," or Buddhahood, still be valid today? Can his message, which has changed the lives of millions of people over the centuries throughout the East, also inspire the West? The author, and we with him, believes it can and helps us understand the essence of the "Enlightened One's" illumination. The original title of the work, My View of Shakyamuni, suggests the spirit with which the author approached the historical Buddha, who lived in India approximately twenty-five centuries ago. Indeed, there is very little data about his life, and the only sources are texts transmitted for centuries solely in oral form. Reconstructing the life of the "Sage of the Shakyas" therefore means trying to go far beyond what the news and hagiographic accounts have handed down to us, and making a considerable effort to interpret the many important choices Shakyamuni made throughout his life. Ikeda undertakes this journey based on his own experience as a contemporary religious leader, and it is precisely by virtue of this role that he guides us to understand the deepest meaning of the "Enlightened One's" illumination.
€11,00
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Esperia The World of the Gosho
Daisaku Ikeda addresses the themes expressed in Nichiren's writings. Throughout his life, Nichiren Daishonin wrote several treatises and numerous letters addressed to his disciples, which express his deep conviction to fulfill the Buddha's mandate, that is, to spread peace in the world through the realization of happiness for every living being. Ikeda and the leaders of the Soka Gakkai Study Department address the themes expressed in Nichiren's writings, clarifying the essential concepts for realizing the Buddha life-state in today's world. Finally collected in a single volume, these dialogues are an essential work for understanding Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism.
€29,00
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Esperia Thirty Gosho for the Ikeda Kayo-kai
A collection of thirty Gosho selected by D. Ikeda for young women. The Thirty Gosho: Attaining Buddhahood in This LifetimeLetter from SadoThe Supremacy of the LawOn Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the LandThe Opening of the EyesThe Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind Established in the Fifth Five-Hundred-Year Period after the Thus Come One's DemiseThe Selection of the TimeOn Repaying Debts of GratitudeThe Practice of the Buddha's TeachingsOn the Buddha's ProphecyThe Actions of the Votary of the Lotus SutraProlonging LifeLightening the Karmic RetributionThe Essentials for Attaining BuddhahoodLetter to the BrothersReply to Kyo'oThe Three Kinds of TreasureThe Persecutions Incurred by the SageThe Strategy of the Lotus SutraThe Real Aspect of the GohonzonWinter Always Turns to SpringThe Treasure TowerThe Drum at the Gate of ThunderThe Heritage of the Ultimate Law of LifeThe True Aspect of All PhenomenaMany in Body, One in MindThe Kalpa of DecreaseHell Is the Land of Tranquil LightThe Dragon GateThe Confirmation of the Lotus Sutra
€10,00
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IBISG 950 New Renaissance with B&S insert - MARCH 2026
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."
€6,00
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