Soka Gakkai

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Soka Gakkai is a Japanese lay Buddhist movement known for its large membership, global peace activism, and close historical ties to the Komeito political party.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist lay organization
religious movement
abbreviation SGI
advocatesFor human rights
interfaith dialogue
nuclear disarmament
associatedPoliticalParty Komeito
New Komeito
coFoundedBy Josei Toda NERFINISHED
corePractice chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
coreText Lotus Sutra
countryOfOrigin Japan
emphasis cultural exchange
education
human revolution
peace activism
foundedBy Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
foundedIn 1930
hasLeaderTitle president
hasPublication Daibyakurenge
Seikyo Shimbun
hasRitualObject Gohonzon
hasSubOrganization Min-On Concert Association
Soka Gakkai International
Soka Gakkai Men’s Division
Soka Gakkai Student Division
Soka Gakkai Women’s Division
Soka Gakkai Youth Division
Soka University
Soka University of America
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
headquartersLocation Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
ideology Buddhist humanism
engaged Buddhism
languageOfName Japanese
meaningOfName Value-Creating Society
membershipType lay organization (non-monastic)
notableLeader Daisaku Ikeda
Josei Toda NERFINISHED
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
organizationalStructure lay membership-based
originalName Soka Kyoiku Gakkai
regionOfActivity Asia-Pacific
Europe
Japan
Latin America
North America
religion Buddhism
scope international
separatedFrom Nichiren Shoshu
separationEvent excommunication by Nichiren Shoshu in 1991
tradition Nichiren Buddhism


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