Established on 3rd January 1986, Bharat Soka Gakkai (BSG) has its Headquarters in New Delhi. It is the Indian affiliate of the global Soka Gakkai, an association of grassroots organizations with 12 million members spread across 192 countries and territories. BSG is dedicated to the goal of promoting the values of happiness and respect for all through various activities under the umbrella of peace, culture, education, and sustainability. BSG is dedicated to the cause of creating a ‘New Age in India’ and a ‘New Global Civilization’ by ‘empowering individuals’ across the country.
Members of BSG work on their ‘human revolution’, or inner transformation in all areas of their life, thereby creating a culture of cherishing and respecting the dignity of all life.
At the heart of all activities undertaken by BSG is to build a peaceful society where the dignity of all life is respected, and where all living beings can be happy and enjoy themselves at ease. This can only be achieved when all human beings imbibe the spirit to cherish and empower each life.
The key to winning in life is to ‘Never be defeated’. This is the spirit that members of Bharat Soka Gakkai strive to imbibe in their life through following the Buddhist practice of Soka Humanism and undergoing their own Human Revolution (inner transformation).
Discussion Meetings in BSG are gatherings of a diverse group of individuals, who come together to inspire and encourage each other by sharing their thoughts, learnings and experiences based on practising the writings of SGI President Daisaku Ikeda and discuss the various concepts of the Buddhist philosophy of Soka Humanism.
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871–1944) was the first President of the Soka Gakkai. He was a pioneering educator, author, and philosopher. He founded the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai (Society for Value-Creating Education), the forerunner...
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Josei Toda (1900–58) was an educator, author, and entrepreneur. As the second president of the Soka Gakkai, he revived the organization after World War II, building it into a dynamic, popular movement.
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Daisaku Ikeda (born on 2nd January 1928), is a peacebuilder, Buddhist philosopher, educator, author and poet. He is also an avid photographer with a particular love of scenic landscapes and natural beauty. As third...
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