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The Soka Gakkai International comprises a global network of affiliated organizations. As of 2011, the SGI reported active national organizations in 192 countries and territories with a total of approximately 12 million members. [3] These figures are, however, impossible to verify because there is no list or independent count.
In a 2002–2003 survey of 602 Soka Gakkai adherents living in Sapporo, Hokkaido who had at least one child over the age of 18, it was found that 65.9% of those members' adult children were also themselves active members. Additionally, it was found that among the siblings of 418 second-generation members, collectively speaking, 69.5% of all ...
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Minoru Harada (原田 稔, Harada Minoru, born 8 November 1941) is a Japanese Buddhist leader. He is the sixth president of the Soka Gakkai from 9 November 2006. [1] [2] He is also the Supreme Advisor of Sōka University and the Acting President of Soka Gakkai International (SGI).
This is a list of Buddhist members of the United States Congress. As of 2025 [update] , four Buddhists have been elected to Congress, the first being both Mazie Hirono and Hank Johnson in 2007. As of the 119th Congress , three Buddhists currently serve in Congress, two in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate .
Zadankai are held at neighborhood "district" or "group" levels, and attendance has been estimated at between 20% [5] and 80% of the total membership. [6] Actual attendance is usually between 10 and 20 people, [7] including families with small children. [8] Meeting agendas are planned, but with autonomy and room for improvisation. [9]
The Soka Gakkai Italian Buddhist Institute is popularly known by the acronyms SGI-Italia, SGI-Italy, and SGI-I. Prior to 1998, the SGI-Italy was known as the Soka Gakkai Italian Association , which had been active in Italy since the late 1970s.
In March 1974, Causton moved with Mitsuko to London. In 1975, the SGI-UK was officially founded and Causton became its first chairman. He directed numerous cultural activities of SGI-UK, and co-founded the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council together with other humanitarian organizations. [2]