Il Nuovo Rinascimento, 44 pages, monthly, ilnuovorinascimento.org
Buddhism and Society, 36 pages, bimonthly, buddismoesocieta.org
The first publication of the Italian Soka Gakkai Buddhist Institute, launched in February 1982, will have a new
print version 44 pages (compared to the current 32 pages of the
NR Selection) and will adopt the current format of
Buddhism and Society. It will therefore be a completely revamped magazine, with more pages and a wider variety of content, and will be published
every month and will cover everything needed to deepen one’s faith, practice, and study of Buddhism, and to carry out the activities of the Soka Gakkai. The lecture for the
monthly report, so far on
Buddhism and Society, will be published in
The New Renaissance
The 40th anniversary will be celebrated in 2026, in its print version It will be 36 pages long and will be published every two months. Its special features, interviews, and sections will thus become increasingly thorough and entirely dedicated to exploring social and cultural issues from a Buddhist perspective, with the aim of spreading a humanistic vision and a sense of hope throughout society. At the same time, it will serve as an even more effective tool for presenting 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 are meant to transform despair into hope, pain into joy, and a sense of helplessness into courage—to help people move from ‘a life spent lamenting their karma’ to ‘a life lived to fulfill their mission,’ thereby revitalizing both themselves and others.”
