Sociology of Religion, September 22nd, 1996
The Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is a lay organization that developed out of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, one of the traditions within Japanese Mahayana Buddhism. The thirteenth-century monk, Nichiren, challenged the then (and still) popular belief that salvation entails entering the "Pure Land" after death, and that this depends upon the mercy of Amida Buddha. instead, Nichiren taught, the land of true happiness ... is not to be found anywhere apart from this world. It can only be created within the realities of actual society, after people have firmly established an awareness of the True L...
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