Welcome to SGI UK Hampshire and the Isle of Wight!                     [text version]

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

David Vane on Morning Thoughts - Radio Solent 18th - 21st Oct 2011
David is speaking about Steve Jobs, who dies on 5th Oct 2011, and his attitude to his life based on his address to the students at Stanford University in 2005 "How to live before you die"  David relates the ideas that Steve Jobs lived by to second president Josei Toda and Nichiren Daishonin the founder of this form of Buddhism. Barack Obama said... "Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. ….Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world. "
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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