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5 unusual facts about Soka Gakkai


East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front

Sasaki joined Soka Gakkai and though he pretended to be an enthusiastic member doing things like giving the lotus sutra every day, he was not able to escape the eyes of the law.

Gymnastic formation

The performance of the NGOs, such as the SGI, is widely variable, such as, bi-dimensional wave, sky rocket, windmill, walking wall, walking pyramid, catapult, instantaneous stand-up pyramid, instantaneous stand-up tower, three-layers' plane tower, four-layers' tower, and rarely five-layers' tower.

Kajiyama Toshiyuki

In 1965 he began serializing a novel about Soka Gakkai, but a flood of complaints from Soka Gakkai supporters caused the editor of the magazine so much stress that he went missing; the series was never completed.

Manav Gohil

He became a full member of Soka Gakkai International, a lay Buddhist association affiliated with the teachings of Nichiren.

Ushio

Ushio (magazine) (潮), a Japanese magazine which has a strong connection with Soka Gakkai.



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Hajime Ishii

Ishii said the situation created a great problem for democracy in Japan and invited three former Komeito party members and Soka Gakkai Honorary President Daisaku Ikeda for an intensive deliberation on issue of politics.

Japanese new religions

Well-known American Soka Gakkai converts include musician Herbie Hancock and singer Tina Turner.

Nikken Abe

The construction of the Sho Hondo was completed in 1972, largely through the efforts and financial donations of Soka Gakkai members, and was regarded as a notable work of Japanese architecture.

Soka University of America

The new campus's principle academic buildings were named after the founder and Sōka Gakkai's third president Daisaku Ikeda and twentieth century peace activists Mahatma Gandhi and Linus Pauling.

After the war, as the Sōka Gakkai organization grew, Makiguchi's educational philosophy became the centerpiece of a number of Soka schools in Japan founded by his successors, Jōsei Toda (a former elementary school teacher) and Daisaku Ikeda, who is also regarded as the founder of SUA.