Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
This person was President Makiguchi's disciple and together they created the forerunner to the Soka Gakkai.
Who is Josei Toda?
"It was thanks to your immeasurable compassion that you took me with you to prison."
Who is Josei Toda...expressing his gratitude to Makiguchi for this experience, through which he was able to develop unshakable conviction and faith?
"Each of us has always been a Buddha from the eternal past and will always be a Buddha into the eternal future."
What truth does the Lotus Sutra teach?
True or False: Makiguchi's educational views closely aligned with the Japanese militaristic government of the time.
What is false?
Born (1900-58) was the ____ president of the Soka Gakkai, one of Japan's most influential lay Buddhist movements
Who was Josei Toda? or Who was the 2nd President?
All people equally possess the potential for Buddhahood, and all have the ability to savor a state of "absolute" happiness (an indestructible state of life in which we can never be defeated).
What does the Lotus Sutra teach about the EQUALITY of all people?
When he was 57 years old, Makiguchi encountered this person's Buddhist teachings
Who is Nichiren Daishonin?
Based on the teachings of the 13th-century Buddhist reformer, Nichiren Daishonin (1222-1282), Josei Toda developed a methodology he called ___________ ____________, a process of personal transformation that allows each individual to achieve a life of absolute happiness.
What is Human Revolution?
To put into practice the educational philosophy of his predecessors, Makiguchi and Toda, President Ikeda established the S______ S________ S________.
What is the Soka School System?
In 1943 government persecution of President Makiguchi began because he refused to have members of the Soka Gakkai do this to conform with the state sponsored religion.
What is enshrine the Shinto Talisman?
On his release from prison toward the end of World War II, Toda began to reconstruct the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai, renaming it the ________ __________ (Society for the Creation of Value).
What is the Soka Gakkai?
The Lotus Sutra teaches the great ________ ________ of the heart.
What is the hidden treasure?