Nichiren Daishonin also stood up alone to embark on his struggle. Everything starts with the individual. The individual is key. This is the teaching of Buddhism. We must have courage.
Compassion is born from courage.
And courage is the essence of Buddhism. This vision has taken shape in the form of Soka University of America. It is our dream to welcome President Ikeda and Mrs. Ikeda to America for the opening of the new SUA campus at Aliso Viejo, Calif., on May 3, 2001. In this poem, he concretely states his determination to spend the culminating years of his life in America, fostering many young successors toward his dream of a world of peace, prosperity and joy. This issue includes 74 sample questions for the upcoming elementary study examination.