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Welcome to SGI UK Hampshire and the Isle of Wight!
SGI UK Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is part of SGI-UK - one of over 180 organisations throughout the world
which together make up SGI (Soka Gakkai International).
Soka
means the 'creation of value' and Gakkai means 'society'. SGI is
the world-wide movement based on Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism,
and its teaching of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, which encourages the
development of the individual's greatest potential
If you would like to come to one of our discussion meetings
to meet members and find out more about Nichiren Daishonin's
Buddhism please email
info@sgihants.org
News update:
SGI Hants & IOW members -
Gandhi, King, Ikdea Exhibition - April
23rd - May 5th 2012
This
exhibition is about the life and work of three extraordinary
men, from ordinary backgrounds, whose lives embrace three
centuries. Although from different religious and cultural
traditions, they share the belief that violence and war
ultimately solve nothing, and that through the process of inner
transformation an individual has the power to change society,
the environment and the planet itself.
The architect of
Indian independence, Mohandas Gandhi’s relentless campaign of
passive resistance succeeded in liberating 300 million Indians
from eighty-nine years of British imperial rule.
Following
in the footsteps of Gandhi, Baptist minister Martin Luther King
Jr. eschewed violence in any form, and spearheaded a momentous
civil rights movement aimed at achieving social and political
equality for African-Americans. An ardent admirer of both
Gandhi and King, Daisaku Ikeda, the Japanese leader of Soka
Gakkai International, a world-wide Buddhist organisation, has
dedicated his life to working for peace and the promotion of
human rights.
The exhibition, which is suitable
for the whole family, was inspired by the founding of the
Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builder’s Prize in 2001, by the
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, and the Gandhi
Centre for Reconciliation, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia
USA. According to Dr Walter Massey, the president of Morehouse
College, where Martin Luther King Jr. had studied, “The prize
symbolizes the tradition these giants of humanity share. It is
hoped it will inspire and empower every person to take
responsibility for the improvement of the human condition.”
For more information go to
Events
David Vane on
Morning Thoughts - Radio Solent 27th -m 30th
March
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 David
will be doing his regular spot on Morning Thoughts on
Radio Solent Julian Clegg show from Tuesday 27th -
Friday 30th March at 6.55 am
And listen out for SGI members
contributing to the 10 o'clock session on Saturday
mornings on Unity 101 radio.
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SGI Members celebrate 50 years
of SGI in Europe
Members of SGI Hampshire and Isle of Wight
met to share
experiences from some of our pioneer
members and five
European youth division members who
visited the UK.
We are very fortunate in this HQ
as we have several members who have been practicing for
more than 36 years and Southampton was one of the first
districts outside of London in the early days. It was
truly inspiring to hear their experiences from those
early days.
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For more information Call 02380 768495 or
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