Triratna in the Buddhist World
Triratna in the Buddhist World

Daisaku Ikeda 1928-2023

By Munisha on Tue, 12 Dec, 2023 - 15:20

Daisaku Ikeda 1928-2023

By Munisha on Tue, 12 Dec, 2023 - 15:20

Daisaku Ikeda, who died on 15th November at the age of 95, was founder president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), which grew out of the Soka Gakkai in the 1970s. Both are part of the tradition founded by Nichiren Daishonin in 13th century Japan.

Soka gakkai means ‘society for the creation of value’. Having been deeply affected by growing up in Japan during WW2 Mr Ikeda began to practise this type of Buddhism at the age of 19...

Triratna Tokyo
Triratna Tokyo

A Tokyo Mitra Ceremony 

By aryapala on Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 09:45

A Tokyo Mitra Ceremony 

By aryapala on Fri, 17 Feb, 2023 - 09:45

Saturday 18th February 2023, 11:30am, we celebrated Susana Kumagai’s Mitra Ceremony, Tokyo.

Becoming a Mitra in Triratna is making a commitment to the Buddhist Path. 

Commitment, because in life, what we get out of it depends on what we put in. Particularly in the spiritual life.

You will probably have noticed this in your meditation practice, to take just one example. If we sit down to meditate without fully committing ourselves to the practice, we are likely to drift and daydream. But when we sit down...