Il Nuovo Rinascimento, 44 pages, monthly, ilnuovorinascimento.org
Buddismo 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."
