History of the SGI

Pag-Asa Special Issue for Introductory Exam

Soka Gakkai International (SGI)
 Lotus Sutra
 Latter Day of the Law
 Kosen rufu
 Boddhisatvas of the Earth
 Boddhistava Superior Practices
 Nicheren Daishonin
 Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law
SGI Presidents
 Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
 Josei Toda
 Daisaku Ikeda
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
 June 6 ,1871
 Arahama (Kashiwazaki City, Nigita Prefecture)
 Hokkaido Normal School
 School teacher
 Jinsei Chirigaku (The Geography of Human
Life)
Josei Toda
 February 11,1900
 Shioya (Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture)
 Atsuta Village
 Teaching Certificate in Yubari
Meeting of Mentor and Disciple
 Tokyo
 President Makiguchi (48 years old)
 President Toda (19 years old)
 Mentor in Life
 Education
Nicheren Daishonin Buddhism
 1928
 Nicheren Shonin
 Nicheren Daishonin’s Buddhism
 Teachings of the sutra
 Principles of philosophy and science
Soka Kyoikugaku Taikei
 November 18, 1930
 System of Value-Creating Pedagogy
 12 volumes
 President Makiguchi: author
 President Toda : organizing and editing
 November 18: Soka Gakkai Founding Day
Soka Gakkai
 Soka: value creation
 Traditional Buddhist Schools
 Practice open to everyone
 Actualize happiness in midst of challenges
 3000 members
Japanese Militarist Government
 State Shinto
 Special Higher Police
 Shinto Shrines
 Sun Goddess
 Slander of the Law
Japanese Militarist Government
 July 6, 1943
 President Makiguchi and Toda
 21 leaders
 Lese Majeste
 Peace Preservation Law
 Persevered to uphold the right principles
Passing of President Makiguchi
 November 18, 1944
 Tokyo Detention Center
 Malnutrition
 Weakness of age
 Spirit of Nicheren Daishonin
President Toda While in Prison
 “Buddhism is life itself.”
 Ceremony in the Air
 Boddhisatva of the Earth
 Parable of the Phantom City
 Mentor and Disciple
President Toda after release in prision
 July 3,1945
 Nicheren Daishonin’s Buddhism
 Powerful spiritual principle
 Soka Gakkai
 Offer guidance in faith
Daisaku Ikeda
 January 2, 1928
 Omori, Tokyo’s Ota Ward
 Sino-Japanese War
 World War 2
 Eldest brother Kichi
Meeting of Mentor and Disciple
 August 14, 1947
 SGI discussion meeting
 “ On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the
Peace of the Land”
 Taisei Gakuin ( Tokyo Fuji University”
 Lecture series on the Lotus Sutra
Shared Challenges of Mentor and Disciple
 July 1949
 Daibyakurenge
 “Philosophy of Life”
 August 24, 1950
 Unbreakable bond of mentor and disciple
 Toda University
President Toda as SGI President
 May 3, 1951
 750,000 households
 3,000 members
 Chapter Based System
 Seikyo Shimbun
Februaury Campaign
 February 1952
 201 households
 Kamata Chapter in Tokyo
Battle Against Devilish Tendencies of Power
 April 1955
 11,111 households
 Kansai Region (1956)
 House of Councilors
 June 1957
 July 3, 1957
 July 17, 1957
 January 25, 1962
Entrusting Kosen Rufu to Successors
 September 8, 1957
 December 1957
 March 16, 1958
 “King of the religious world”
 Kosen Rufu Day
Passing of President Toda
 April 2, 1958
 Awakening he achieved while in prison
 Immovable foundation to kosen rufu
President Ikeda as SGI President
 General Administrator (June 1958)
 May 3, 1960
 October 2, 1960
 Komeito (1964)
 Ho Goku
 The Human Revolution (1965)
 Soka Education
President Ikeda as SGI President
 September 8, 1968
 May 1972
 Resolution of Cold War conflict
 January 26, 1975
 April 1979
Succession of Awards and Honors
 Peace Proposal (1983)
 January 26
 Toda Peace Institute
New Era of Worldwide Kosen Rufu
 1991
 192 countries and territories
 Hall of Great Vow for Kosen Rufu (November
2013)
Commemorative Dates in the SGI
Date Year Event
Jan 26 1975 SGI was founded in Guam and Sensei
Ikeda was appointed as its president.
March 16 1958 President Toda entrusts the fulfilment of
the Great Vow to his successors, the
youth, and President Ikeda in particular,
May 3 1951 President Toda was inaugurated as 2nd
Soka Gakkai president.

President Ikeda was inaugurated as 3rd

Soka Gakkai president.
July 3 1945 President Toda is released from prison.

1957 President Ikeda is unjustly arrested by the

Osaka Prefectural Police.
Commemorative Dates in the SGI
Date Year Event
Oct 2 1960 President Ikeda departs Japan for North
and South America, taking the first step
for worldwide kosen rufu.
Nov 18 1930 President Makiguchi’s work
Sokakyoikugaku taikei (The System of
Value-Creating Pedagogy) is published.

Soka Gakkai founding

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