It was followed closely in popularity by the Komeito ( Clean Government Party ), founded in 1964 as the political arm of the Soka Gakkai ( Value Creation Society ), until 1991 a lay organization affiliated with the Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist sect.

* 1930 – Soka Kyoiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda.

Nichiren Buddhism includes various schools with their own interpretations of Nichiren's teachings, the most prominent being Nichiren Shu, Nichiren Shoshu and Soka Gakkai ; however, despite the differences between schools, all Nichiren sects share the fundamental practice of chanting daimoku.

* The Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism.

Soka Gakkai, 2002, ISBN 4-412-01205-0

* Soka Gakkai International

* Svenska Soka Gakkai International

Among them are two Churches of Christ ( non-instrumental ), three Roman Catholic churches, four Lutheran churches, three Methodist churches, over a dozen Baptist churches, two LDS Churches, the Bullhead Islamic Center, two Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls, two Episcopal churches, two Seventh-day Adventist churches, Unity Church of the Mohave Valley, two Assemblies of God, Foursquare ( Spirit Life Church ), Calvary Chapel, Temple Israel Ba Midbor ( Jewish services in Laughlin ), and active Neo-Pagan ( Coven of the Canyon and River ) and Buddhist communities ( Soka Gakkai Colorado River District ).

After the WWII, the Soka Gakkai emerged as a growing lay organization affiliated with and based on the teachings of Nichiren Shoshu.

History of the relationships between the two shows a sequence of conflicts the most serious of which has led to the resignation of the third president of Soka Gakkai in 1979.

In the centre of this conflict was, to what seemed to some priests and lay believers, the too large influence of Soka Gakkai in affairs of the temple and also publically slandering the legitimacy of then High Priest Niken Abe.

The basic difference in views between SGI and Nichiren Shoshu centers on the doctrinal concept of Heritage of the Law, attributed by the Priesthood to “ one person ” of the High Priest while attributed by the Soka Gakkai to ordinary people.

Observers outside describe the issue as being a process where " Soka Gakkai began a decisive transformation from an organization run by Ikeda

The conflicts resulted in complete disassociation of the two sides after the Priesthood stripped the Soka Gakkai of its status as a lay organisation of Nichiren Shoshu in 1991 ( SGI officials ) and then in 1997 SGI membership as a whole.

* Soka Gakkai point of view: http :// www. gakkaionline. net / TIResources / NSTimeline. html

Those who opposed the Imperial cult, including Oomoto and Soka Gakkai, were persecuted.

The Mentor-Disciple bond was commented on by an independent scholar in the field of religions: ” Karel Dobbelaere, former president of the International Society of Religion ... has observed that the Soka Gakkai is pervaded by mentor-disciple relationship.

In addition to the views of the two sides, various non-Buddhist and non-committed to any of the two side-academics in the field of religion and history, presented their perspectives in several books, such as Daniel A. Metraux's 2001 book The International Expansion of a Modern Buddhist Movement: and: How the Soka Gakkai became a Global Buddhist Movement, the 1998 Oxford University Press book A Time to Chant by B. Wilson and K. Dobberlaere and :" Encountering the Dharma " by prof. Richard Seager, as well as various other publications.

* Matsutani, Minoru, " Soka Gakkai keeps religious, political machine humming ", Japan Times, 2 December 2008, p. 3

da: Soka Gakkai

is: Soka Gakkai

Since 1995 the villa has been in the possession of the international ( Buddhist ) community Soka Gakkai International.

* Zimmermann, Michael, A Buddha Within: The Tathāgatagarbhasūtra, Biblotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica VI, The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University ( 2002 ) can also be downloaded from the Institute's website

The U. S. branch of Soka Gakkai International, a Japan-based new religious movement ( Shinshūkyō ) influenced by Nichiren Buddhism, announced in 1995 that they would start holding wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples, and in 2001 established a conference for LGBT members and their supporters.

Soka Gakkai International ( SGI ) was founded by Daisaku Ikeda on the island of Guam in 1975.

It has a strong connection with Soka Gakkai International.

It has a strong connection with Soka Gakkai International.

* Nichiren Shoshu America, an earlier name for the USA division of present-day Soka Gakkai International

Glass is a member of the Soka Gakkai International, a lay Buddhist organization.

Soka Gakkai International, a Japanese Buddhist organization, is practised by many people, in Singapore, but by mostly those of Chinese descent.

The Japanese Buddhist organisation, the Soka Gakkai International, has many members in Singapore.

* Austria Soka Gakkai International

Bibliotheca Philologica et Philosophica Buddhica, X. Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology, Soka University.

* Daisaku Ikeda ( 池田 大作 ; born 1928 ), president of Soka Gakkai International ( SGI )

Singapore Soka Association or SSA is the Singapore affiliate of Soka Gakkai International ( SGI )

* Soka Gakkai International

* Official BSGI site-Brazilian representant of the Soka Gakkai International

David Yip is a practising Nichiren Buddhist and a member of the Soka Gakkai International.

* Sōka Gakkai International, a Buddhist organisation

Sōka Gakkai International flag with logo

and / or Sōka Gakkai International ( SGI ) is a lay Buddhist movement linking more than 12 million people around the world.

The Sōka Gakkai International ( SGI ) currently consists of 84 constituent organizations and has 12 million members in 192 countries and territories worldwide.

Sōka Gakkai International

Daisaku Ikeda's leadership marked a period of overseas expansion that led to the founding of Sōka Gakkai International ( SGI ) in 1975.

Sōka Gakkai International ( SGI )

; Sōka Gakkai International ( SGI )

* Sōka Gakkai International

Torres is also a longtime practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism of the Sōka Gakkai International.

He also joined Sōka Gakkai International and participated in activities for the Puerto Rican communities in New York.

is president of Sōka Gakkai International ( SGI ), a Nichiren Buddhist lay association which claims 12 million members in 192 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and peace research institutions.

After World War II Sōka Gakkai formed SGI ( Sōka Gakkai International ) to support its members overseas.

Jones is a member of Sōka Gakkai International, and is musical director of one of its choirs, the Glorious Life Chorus.