Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871 – 1944) was the first President of the Soka Gakkai. He was a pioneering educator, author, and philosopher. He founded the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai (Society for Value-Creating Education), the forerunner of the Soka Gakkai on November 18, 1930, together with his closest disciple Josei Toda...
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Josei Toda (1900 – 58) was an educator, author, and entrepreneur. As the second president of the Soka Gakkai, he revived the organization after World War II, building it into a dynamic, popular movement...
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Daisaku Ikeda (1928 - 2023), was a peacebuilder, Buddhist philosopher, educator, author and poet. He was also an avid photographer with a particular love of scenic landscapes and natural beauty. He was the third president of the Soka Gakkai – a lay Buddhist organization in Japan, and the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI). He was a recipient of over 400 honorary doctorates from around the world, including 20 from educational institutions in India...
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BSG’s SDG Clubs Creating Everyday Change
Charvi: Good evening, everyone. We are students from Mothers’ Mount Global School, Vikas Puri, and we are here to share how our SDG Club, formed in collaboration with BSG, has shaped our journey of...
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From Personal Transformation to Community Change
Good evening. My name is Juhi Sinha. When my daughter was three months old, my husband left us. That time, I had moved from Kolkata to Delhi to build a better life, but instead, I found myself lost, ...
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Taking Concrete Steps to Become the Most Promising Scientist of India
I am a Scientist by profession. In the year 2000, when I was facing hurdles in my pursuit of doctorate studies, I became a member of BSG. I started writing and publishing articles in the field of poly...
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Leading an Undefeated & Victorious Life
When I was 17, I slipped into a coma because of Falciparum Malaria, an epidemic that had hit Delhi at the time. It was at this time that I joined BSG and encountered my mentor in life SGI President Da...
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Transforming Suffering into Determination
In April 2021, my whole family tested positive for COVID-19. We rushed my mother to a hospital when her oxygen saturation started to fluctuate. Soon my father also showed low oxygen saturation and nee...
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Taking Personal Responsibility for the Growth of the Community
Ever since the ‘BSG for SDG’ initiative was launched in July 2021, I felt inspired and responsible to implement the SDGs in my immediate environment. I decided to contribute to my community throug...
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Planting Trees to Foster the Future and Improve Lives
I work with the Agra Metro Project. Although I am from an engineering background, as I read about the Sustainable Development Goals, I fell in love with the idea of contributing to their accomplishmen...
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A Transformative Youth Working for Biodiversity Conservation
I'm currently a Teaching Fellow at Ashoka University. In the past I have worked on research projects in the field of wildlife biology. Ever since I was a child, I have observed the effects of the chan...
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Empowering Others to Preserve Nature through Education
20 years ago, “sustainability” was not a buzzword and was restricted to the vocabulary of environmentalists. As a fresh textile graduate with the focus of getting a job in the area of sustainabili...
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Breaking the Glass Ceiling in the Ad Film Industry
When I left the safety of my cushy job as a Creative Director in India’s largest ad agency to start my own ad film production company, it was a bold decision to enter a totally male dominated indust...
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Putting Education into Action for the Betterment of Humankind
It was while pursuing my undergrad in Political Science in 2017 that I was inspired by these words from SGI President Daisaku Ikeda, which he shared as a guide for university students: “For what pu...
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Advocating for Mental Health as a Human Right
Encouraged by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda on how a strong mental state exerts a positive influence on the body, I aligned my personal goals with ‘SDG3: Good Health and Wellbeing’, which recognizes...
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Transforming Farmer’s Lives
I work as the India business development manager for an NGO that aims to connect disadvantaged cotton farmers and workers directly with consumers, promote fairer trading conditions, and empower them t...
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Believing in the Power of One!
In my previous job I observed wasteful use of resources. This did not feel right. Instead of letting mountains of single-sided printed paper to be discarded, I would take this paper home and reuse the...
Read MORE" True love should be transformative, a process that amplifies our capacity to cherish not just one person but all people. It can make us stronger, lift us higher and deepen us as individuals. Yet, in the end, we can only partner with those befitting ourselves. The same is true of friendship. Only to the extent that one polishes oneself now can one hope to develop wonderful bonds of the heart in the future. "Daisaku Ikeda