The Washington Post, March 23rd, 2002
Soka Gakkai International, the Buddhist sect to which Mariane Pearl belongs, was founded in Japan in 1930 as a branch of the ancient Nichiren Buddhist tradition. It has 12 million members in 165 countries. As a lay organization, Soka Gakkai has no priests, lamas or other holy figures. Practitioners consider themselves more humanistic than ritualistic, emphasizing the overall goodness of humanity and the responsibility of the individual to act morally and ethically. Monthly meetings are held in community centers rather than temples and consist of lectures and discussions, not worship. Daily dev...
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