Soka Gakkai

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Buddhist lay organization religious movement

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.

Aliases (2)

Soka Gakkai International ×1
Soka Kyoiku Gakkai ×1

Statements (52)

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 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Clean Government Party →	associatedWith
Komeito →	foundedBy
Nichiren Buddhism →	hasBranch
Soka Gakkai ("Soka Gakkai International") →	hasSubOrganization
Soka Gakkai ("Soka Kyoiku Gakkai") →	originalName
Clean Government Party →	religiousAffiliation
Komeito →	religiousInfluence