Worldwide Kosen Rufu

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Worldwide kosen rufu. Kosen rufu implies an approach to buddhist practice that is deeply engaged with the affairs of society and the world. Literally kōsen rufu means to declare and spread widely the teachings of the buddha. World youth general meeting and sgi canada youth festivals commemorate 60 th anniversary of worldwide kosen rufu this october marks the 60th anniversary of sgi president ikeda s first overseas trip which began on october 2 1960 when he initiated the movement for worldwide kosen rufu. Declare means to proclaim one s ideals principles.

Enshrined in this great hall is the joju gohonzon that bears the inscription for the fulfillment of the great vow for kosen rufu through the compassionate. The soka gakkai risshō kōsei kai and. Learning from the new human revolution. Kosen means to widely declare widely implies speaking out to the world to an ever greater number and ever broader spectrum of people.

The brilliant path of worldwide kosen rufu volume 22. It is amazing how fast time flies as in the month of november 2014 sgi celebrates the first anniversary of the opening of the magnificent citadel of worldwide kosen r ufu the hall of the great vow for kosen rufu in japan. Simply put kosen rufu is the movement to communicate the ultimate way to happiness to communicate the highest principle of peace to people of all classes and nations through the correct philosophy and teaching of nichiren june 5 1998 world tribune p. The basics of nichiren buddhism for the new era of worldwide kosen rufu.

It has consistently taken action to spread the daishonin s buddhist. Kosen rufu is about increasing the number of people whose lives exude such inspiration and brilliance thereby spreading evermore widely the light of hope respect and peace throughout the world. Chapter one a new century. Although we can try to describe it by defining certain conditions to be met in reality kosen rufu has no set form.

Nichiren 1222 1282 was distinguished from the buddhists of his time by his frequent use of this term. Chapter one a new century. However the term kosen rufu has come to connote world peace based on the lotus sutra and nichiren teachings.