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Soka Gakkai, the Glossary

is a Japanese Buddhist religious movement based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese priest Nichiren.^[1]

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Aera (magazine)

Aera, formerly known as Asahi Journal, is a Japanese weekly magazine printed in gravure, published by Asahi Shimbun.

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Agency for Cultural Affairs

The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

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Amaterasu

Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神, 天照大神), often called Amaterasu for short, also known as Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (大日孁貴神), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology.

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André Malraux

Georges André Malraux (3 November 1901 – 23 November 1976) was a French novelist, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs.

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Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, or intentions to non-human entities.

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Arnold Joseph Toynbee (14 April 1889 – 22 October 1975) was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's College London.

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Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution

is a clause in the Constitution of Japan outlawing war as a means to settle international disputes involving the state.

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Bodhisattva

In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (English:; translit) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.

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Bryan R. Wilson

Bryan Ronald Wilson (25 June 1926 – 9 October 2004) was a British sociologist.

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Buddhahood

In Buddhism, Buddha (Pali, Sanskrit: 𑀩𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥, बुद्ध, "awakened one") is a title for those who are spiritually awake or enlightened, and have thus attained the supreme goal of Buddhism, variously described as pristine awareness, nirvana, awakening, enlightenment, and liberation or vimutti.

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Buddhism in Japan

Buddhism was first established in Japan in the 6th century CE.

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Causality

Causality is an influence by which one event, process, state, or object (a cause) contributes to the production of another event, process, state, or object (an effect) where the cause is partly responsible for the effect, and the effect is partly dependent on the cause.

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Chinese Buddhism

Chinese Buddhism or Han Buddhism (p) is a Chinese form of Mahayana Buddhism which draws on the Chinese Buddhist canonJiang Wu, "The Chinese Buddhist Canon" in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to East and Inner Asian Buddhism, p. 299, Wiley-Blackwell (2014).

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Constitution of Japan

The Constitution of Japan (Shinjitai:, Kyūjitai:, Hepburn) is the constitution of Japan and the supreme law in the state.

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Cult

A cult is a group requiring unwavering devotion to a set of beliefs and practices which are considered deviant outside the norms of society, which is typically led by a charismatic and self-appointed leader who tightly controls its members.

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Cult of personality

A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader,Mudde, Cas and Kaltwasser, Cristóbal Rovira (2017) Populism: A Very Short Introduction.

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Daisaku Ikeda

was a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and nuclear disarmament advocate.

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Dance

Dance is an art form, often classified as a sport, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected.

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Dharma

Dharma (धर्म) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), among others.

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Einosuke Akiya

is a Japanese Buddhist leader.

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Four Heavenly Kings

The Four Heavenly Kings are four Buddhist gods or ''devas'', each of whom is believed to watch over one cardinal direction of the world.

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Gohonzon

is a generic term for a venerated religious object in Japanese Buddhism. Soka Gakkai and Gohonzon are Nichiren Buddhism.

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Guam

Guam (Guåhan) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean.

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Harassment

Harassment covers a wide range of behaviors of offensive nature.

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Hedonism

Hedonism refers to the prioritization of pleasure in one's lifestyle, actions, or thoughts.

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Henry Kissinger

Henry Alfred Kissinger (May 27, 1923November 29, 2023) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the United States secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and national security advisor from 1969 to 1975, in the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

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Hokkaido

is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.

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Ise Shrine

The, located in Ise, Mie Prefecture of Japan, is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the solar goddess Amaterasu.

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Jacqueline Stone

Jacqueline Ilyse Stone (born June 30, 1949) is an emeritus professor of Japanese religion in the department of religion at Princeton University and a specialist in Japanese Buddhism, particularly Kamakura Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhism from medieval to modern times, and deathbed practices in Japan.

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Japanese Communist Party

The is a communist party in Japan.

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Japanese new religions

Japanese new religions are new religious movements established in Japan.

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Jōsei Toda

was a teacher, peace activist and second president of Soka Gakkai from 1951 to 1958.

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Kamidana

are miniature household altars provided to enshrine a Shinto.

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Kanji

are the logographic Chinese characters adapted from the Chinese script used in the writing of Japanese.

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Karma

Karma (from कर्म,; italic) is an ancient Indian concept that refers to an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences.

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Komeito

, formerly New Komeito and abbreviated NKP, is a political party in Japan founded by members of the Buddhist movement Soka Gakkai in 1964.

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Kurt Waldheim

Kurt Josef Waldheim (21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat.

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Lèse-majesté

Lèse-majesté or lese-majesty is an offence or defamation against the dignity of a ruling head of state (traditionally a monarch but now more often a president) or of the state itself.

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Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

The, frequently abbreviated to LDP or, is a major conservativeThe Liberal Democratic Party is widely described as conservative.

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Lotus Sutra

The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram, Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma, 妙法蓮華經) is one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras. Soka Gakkai and Lotus Sutra are Nichiren Buddhism.

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Mental disorder

A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.

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Min-On Concert Association

The is a Japan-based organization that promotes international music and performing arts exchanges.

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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

The is one of the eleven ministries of Japan that composes part of the executive branch of the government of Japan.

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Minoru Harada

is a Japanese Buddhist leader.

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Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō

Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō (南無妙法蓮華経) are Japanese words chanted within all forms of Nichiren Buddhism. Soka Gakkai and Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō are Nichiren Buddhism.

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National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

The, or GRIPS, is a research graduate school located in Minato, Tokyo.

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New religious movement

A new religious movement (NRM), also known as alternative spirituality or a new religion, is a religious or spiritual group that has modern origins and is peripheral to its society's dominant religious culture.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.

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Nichiren

Nichiren (16 February 1222 – 13 October 1282) was a Japanese Buddhist priest and philosopher of the Kamakura period. Soka Gakkai and Nichiren are Nichiren Buddhism.

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Nichiren Buddhism

Nichiren Buddhism (日蓮仏教), also known as Hokkeshū (法華宗, meaning Lotus Sect), is a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282) and is one of the Kamakura period schools.

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Nichiren Shōshū

is a branch of Nichiren Buddhism based on the traditionalist teachings of the 13th century Japanese Buddhist priest Nichiren (1222–1282), claiming him as its founder through his senior disciple Nikko Shonin (1246–1333), the founder of Head Temple Taiseki-ji, near Mount Fuji. Soka Gakkai and Nichiren Shōshū are Nichiren Buddhism.

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Nikken Abe

Nikken Abe (阿部日顕, Abe Nikken; also known as Nikken Shonin; 19 December 1922 – 20 September 2019) was a Japanese Buddhist monk who served as the 67th High Priest of Nichiren Shōshū and chief priest of Taiseki-ji head Temple in Fujinomiya, Japan.

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Ode to Joy

"Ode to Joy" (German) is an ode written in the summer of 1785 by German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich Schiller.

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Ostracism

Ostracism (ὀστρακισμός, ostrakismos) was an Athenian democratic procedure in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years.

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Performance art

Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants.

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Religion in Japan

Religion in Japan is manifested primarily in Shinto and in Buddhism, the two main faiths, which Japanese people often practice simultaneously.

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Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi

Richard Nikolaus Eijiro, Count of Coudenhove-Kalergi (16 November 1894 – 27 July 1972), was a politician, philosopher, and count of Coudenhove-Kalergi.

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Rick Alan Ross

Rick Alan Ross (b. 1952) is an American deprogrammer, cult specialist, and founder and executive director of the nonprofit Cult Education Institute.

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Sapporo

(lit) is a city in Japan.

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Seikyo Shimbun

(English: "the newspaper of sacred teachings") is a Japanese newspaper.

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Shakubuku

Shakubuku is a term that originates in the Chinese version of the Buddhist text, Śrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra. Soka Gakkai and Shakubuku are Nichiren Buddhism.

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Shinjuku

, officially called Shinjuku City, is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan.

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Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe (安倍晋三, Hepburn:,; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020.

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Simony

Simony is the act of selling church offices and roles or sacred things.

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Soka Gakkai International

Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is an international Nichiren Buddhist organization founded in 1975 by Daisaku Ikeda, as an umbrella organization of Soka Gakkai, which claims approximately 12 million adherents in 192 countries and territories as of 2017, more than 1.5 million of whom resided outside of Japan as of 2012.

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State Shinto

was Imperial Japan's ideological use of the Japanese folk religion and traditions of Shinto.

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Syllabary

In the linguistic study of written languages, a syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent the syllables or (more frequently) moras which make up words.

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Taiseki-ji

, more commonly just, informally known as, is the administrative center of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism. Soka Gakkai and Taiseki-ji are Nichiren Buddhism.

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Talisman

A talisman is any object ascribed with religious or magical powers intended to protect, heal, or harm individuals for whom they are made.

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The Asahi Shimbun

is one of the five largest newspapers in Japan.

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The Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.

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The Japan Times

The Japan Times is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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Tokyo Fuji Art Museum

was established by Daisaku Ikeda and opened near the Sōka University campus in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, in 1983.

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Tsunesaburō Makiguchi

Tsunesaburō Makiguchi (牧口常三郎, Makiguchi Tsunesaburō; 23 July 1871 (lunar calendar date 6 June) – 18 November 1944) was a Japanese educator who founded and became the first president of the Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai (Value-Creating Education Society), the predecessor of today's Soka Gakkai.

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United Nations Economic and Social Council

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields of the organization, specifically in regards to the fifteen specialized agencies, the eight functional commissions, and the five regional commissions under its jurisdiction.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Zadankai

Zadankai (discussion meetings) are community-based conventicles which serve as the grassroots activity of Soka Gakkai members.

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Zhiyi

Zhiyi (538–597 CE) also Chen De'an (陳德安), is the fourth patriarch of the Tiantai tradition of Buddhism in China.

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Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai (5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 until his death in January 1976.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soka_Gakkai

Also known as Bharat Soka Gakkai, Criticism of Soka Gakkai, History of Soka Gakkai, Middleway Press, Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism, Nichiren Shoshu America, Nichiren Shoshu of America, SGI Buddhist, Society for Value Creation, Soka Gakkai International USA, Soka Gakkai International-USA, Soka Han, Soka-Gakkai, SokaHan, Sokagakai, Sokagakkai, Sokka Gakkai, Soko Gakai, Souka Gakkai, Souka Gakkai International, Sōka Gakkai, Sōka Gakkai International, Sōka Han, Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, SōkaHan, .

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See also

Buddhist new religious movements

Japanese new religions

Religious organizations established in 1930

References