The SGI-USA Houston Chapter is excited to participate in the 2010 Houston Pride Parade on Saturday, June 26!!!
The Pride Festival is the single largest community event that supports Houston’s gay and lesbian community and friends. Admission is free and each year the Pride Festival & Parade brings out approximately 150,000 people.
The SGI-USA Houston Chapter [...]
SGI-USA Houston
Texas Gulf Coast Region
THIS IS OUR TIME: ROCK THE ERA
The youth of SGI USA Texas Gulf Coast Region will be participating along with 8,000 youth from the central part of the United States in the DECISIVE...
2009 Houston YMD “Rock the Era” 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Date: Saturday October 17, 2009 Time: 10 AM – 2 PM Venue: Crain Park @ 9051 Triola, Houston TX 77036 Eligibility:...
Beach Day ‘09
BEACH DAY ‘09 will be taking place on Sunday, June 28 at Indian Beach! The party is held for the graduation of Jr./Sr. High School & Student Division...
Soka Gakkai International
The 14 million members of Soka Gakkai International (SGI - www.sgi.org ) around the world embrace Nichiren Buddhism, a dynamic philosophy grounded in the realities of daily life, seeking to promote the values of peace, culture and education. The core philosophy of the SGI can be summed up by the concept of "Human revolution." This is the idea that the self-motivated inner change of a single individual positively affects the larger web of life and results in the rejuvenation of human society.
The SGI-USA (www.sgi-usa.org ) is the American branch of the SGI network, with more than 2,600 neighborhood discussion groups and nearly 100 SGI-USA centers throughout the country. To find out more, click Here.
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Doris L. Bryant - Experience for 2010 Women’s Division General Meeting
Doris L. Bryant
Experience for 2010 Women’s Division General Meeting
When I began practicing in 1976, at the beginning of each meeting, we used to recite the famous passage from Kaimoku Sho or in English, “The Opening of the Eyes” gosho from Volume 1 of the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin which says, “Although I and my disciples [...]
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FNCC Schedule - 2010
The Florida Nature and Culture Center (FNCC), located in the peaceful Everglades, opened in 1996 as a facility for SGI-USA members to refresh their spirit and determination to practice Nichiren Buddhism. As SGI President Daisaku Ikeda commented: “There should be time for sleeping and time for chanting. People should leave energized and filled with hope.”
The [...]
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2008 FNCC - BSG Conference
Continuously striving behind the scenes to make SGI activities possible, Byakuren, Soka Group and Gajokai serve and protect the organization’s members and facilities. At this conference, all of you will have an opportunity to reaffirm the purpose you share as behind-the-scenes support groups through study sessions, question-and-answer segments and faith encouragement. Zone-level and up youth [...]
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Houston Pride
The SGI-USA Houston Chapter is excited to participate in the 2010 Houston Pride Parade on Saturday, June 26!!!
The Pride Festival is the single largest community event that supports Houston’s gay and lesbian community and friends. Admission is free and each year the Pride Festival & Parade brings out approximately 150,000 people.
The SGI-USA Houston Chapter [...]
SLAM DUNK FOR KOSEN-RUFU IN HOUSTON!
Twenty-five years ago in Texas, President Ikeda said, “A happy person is one who creates happy memories in life. A person with a life-condition that will enable him to create happy memories, even in times of suffering or great sadness, will definitely become a winner in life.” (Buddhism Into Action vol. 2, p. 193)
On [...]
THIS IS OUR TIME: ROCK THE ERA
The youth of SGI USA Texas Gulf Coast Region will be participating along with 8,000 youth from the central part of the United States in the DECISIVE VICTORY YOUTH CULTURE FESTIVAL in Chicago on July 10th, 2010.
We meet at the community center every 2nd and 4th Sunday Rock the Era Meeting to have fun, [...]
Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda
- SGI President Ikeda's Daily Encouragement for 1 July"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion," the Daishonin says (The Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 119). It is by chanting powerful daimoku, like a lion's roar, that we can move the Buddhist deities, the protective forces of the universe. The voice is very important-it has profound power. While naturally being careful not to disturb your neighbors, I hope you will endeavor to chant cheerful and powerful daimoku that reaches all the Buddhist deities and Buddhas throughout the 10 directions.