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situs web resmi dalam bahasa jepang.
soka gakkai international (sgi) didirikan pada tahun 1975.
atas dukungan semua anggota, pada tahun 1979, sgi menjadi anggota ngo (non-governmental organization) di perserikatan bangsa-bangsa (pbb), berusaha sekuat tenaga mempromosikan berbagai kegiatan perdamaian, kebudayaan dan pendidikan, dan karenanya mendapat perhatian dan pujian besar dari banyak kalangan di dunia.
sejak tahun 1983, pbb menganugerahkan penghargaan perdamaian, penghargaan kemanusiaan, dan gelar duta perdamaian kepada presiden sgi daisaku ikeda atas kontribusinya dalam mempromosikan perdamaian.
sebagai seorang aktivis dan filsuf buddhis, presiden sgi daisaku ikeda telah mengadakan diskusi-diskusi mengenai perdamaian, hak asasi manusia, peran agama dalam masyarakat, astronomi, hingga kekuatan budaya dengan tokoh-tokoh terkemuka dari berbagai negara.
dialog-dialog terkemuka dari berbagai negara.
dialog-dialog tersebut beserta karya lainnya telah diterbitkan dalam lebih dari 32 bahasa di seluruh dunia dan banyak digunakan sebagai buku pelajaran ataupun bahan penelitian di berbagai tingkat institusi pendidikan.
untuk memperingati hari berdirinya sgi, setiap tahun pada 26 januari, presiden ikeda memberikan proposal yang menyoroti inisiatif-inisiatif perdamaian kepada perserikatan bangsa-bangsa.
ska gakkai in america: accommodation and conversion by phillip e. hammond and david w. machacek.
london: oxford university press, isbn 0-19-829389-5
"the ska gakkai: buddhism and the creation of a harmonious and peaceful society" by daniel a. metraux in engaged buddhism: buddhist liberation movements in asia.
christopher s. queen and sallie b. king, eds.
suny press, 1996.
the new believers: a survey of sects, cults and alternative religions.
david v barrett.
octopus publishing group, 2003
the lotus and the maple leaf: the ska gakkai in canada by daniel a. metraux (university press of america, 1996)
fundamentals of buddhism (second edition) by yasuji kirimura (nichiren shsh international center [now sgi], 1984).
ska gakkai kaib ("dissecting ska gakkai") by the editors of aera (asahi shimbun, 2000).
isbn 4-02-261286-x (japanese)
a public betrayed: an inside look at japanese media atrocities and their warnings to the west.
adam gamble &
regnery publishing, inc., 2004.
(sera) southeast review of asian studies 29 (2007).
"religion, politics, and constitutional reform in japan," by daniel metraux, 157-72.
westward dharma: buddhism beyond asia.
charles s. prebish and martin baumann, eds. 2002.
1995. tonari no ska gakkai [the ska gakkai next door], tokyo: takarajima.
strand, clark: waking the buddha - how the most dynamic and empowering buddhist movement in history is changing our concept of religion.
strand examines how the soka gakkai, based on the insight that "buddha is life", has evolved a model in which religion serves the needs of its practitioners, rather than the practitioners adhering to dogma and traditions for their own sake.
middleway press, 2014.
editors of aera: skagakkai kaibai (: "dissecting skagakkai").
asahi shimbun-sha, october 1995.
aera is a weekly investigative news magazine published by one of japan's leading news organizations; this book attempts to present a dry, fair assessment of skagakkai and daisaku ikeda and contains several interviews with gakkai leaders.
shimada, hiroki: skagakkai no jitsuryoku (: "the true extent of skagakkai's power").
shinchosha, august 2006.
shimada, hiroki: kmeit vs. skagakkai (vs.: "the kmeit and the ska gakkai").
asahi shinsho, june 2007.
describes the relationship between kmeit and ska gakkai and the development of their history.
touches on the ska gakkainichiren shsh split, describing it as the result of a power struggle and financial constraints, as well as on the organized harassment of opponents by ska gakkai members, the organization's use of its media vehicles to vilify opponents, and ikeda's demand for unquestioning loyalty.
taisekiji: shosh hashaku guide (jp: : "guide to refuting [erroneous teachings of] other schools").
2003 (no isbn); pp. 160164.
published by the buddhist school formerly associated with ska gakkai and presents details of ska gakkai's gradual distortion of the school's teachings and reasons for its severing of ties.
tamano, kazushi: skagakkai no kenky (: "research on the skagakkai").
kodansha gendai shinsho, 2008.
this book is an attempt to review scholarly studies of ska gakkai from the 1950s to the 1970s and shifts in perceptions of the organization as journalists took over from scholars.
tamano takes the perspective of a social scientist and describes ska gakkai as a socio-political phenomenon.
he is also somewhat critical of some views shimada expressed in the latter's recent publications.
yamada, naoki: skagakkai towa nanika (: "explaining skagakkai").
shinchosha, april 2004.
yano, jun'ya: kuroi techska gakkai "nihon senry keikaku" no zen kiroku ( : "my black notebooks: a complete record of ska gakka's 'operation occupy japan'").
kodansha, february 2009.
yano is a former secretary-general of kmeit.
yano, jun'ya: "kuroi tech" saiban zen kiroku (: "the whole record of the trials concerning 'my black notebooks'").
media berita (situs web)
"risky alliance for japan's ruling party" bbc news report, june 22, 2000
"the power of ska gakkai: growing revelations about the complicated and sinister nexus of politics and religion" time magazine, november 20, 1995
soka university of america is a school on a hill
"celebrating in earnest: buddhists mark the start of a new year with joy and a strong sense of purpose" by michelle boorstein, the washington post, january 1, 2008
the value of a grandfather figure by polly toynbee, manchester guardian/may 19, 1984
brian daizen victoria, senior lecturer centre for asian studies, university of adelaide, engaged buddhism: a skeleton in the closet?
koichi miyata, soka university, department of humanities critical comments on brian victoria's "engaged buddhism: a skeleton in the closet?"
lecture by levi mclaughlin on sgi, princeton university
dragan todorovic; soka gakkai - mystery with a reason?
soka gakkai international
sokanet - ska gakkai's official website (dalam bahasa jepang)
soka spirit, published by sgi-usa
soka gakkai, published by the world religions &
spirituality project (wrsp)
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