Denver Culture Center
1450 Speer Blvd,
Denver, CO,
80204
Phone: 303-893-0430, Fax: 303-825-7336
Denver CC
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Welcome to SGI-USA Rocky Mountain Zone!
SGI
(Soka Gakkai International) or Value Creation
Society is dedicated to promoting peace, culture and education based on
Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism.
This
Buddhism is a truly humane philosophy that
crosses all boundaries with diversity rarely seen in other
philosophical or religious teachings.
In
one of his earliest writings Nichiren states:
“If
you wish to free yourself from the
sufferings of birth and death you have endured since time without
beginning and to attain without fail unsurpassed enlightenment in this
lifetime, you must perceive the mystic truth that is originally
inherent in all living beings. Chanting (Nam) Myoho-renge-kyo will
therefore enable you to grasp the mystic truth innate in all
life.”
The
heart of our global movement is monthly
discussion meetings. These are neighborhood gatherings where people
share experiences, encourage one another and study Buddhism
together.
Daisaku
Ikeda, the third president of SGI, wrote in
the foreword to his book The Human Revolution:
“A
great revolution of character in an
individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and
further, will cause a change in the destiny of all humankind.”
In
1996 Pres. Ikeda, recipient of over 200 Honorary
Doctorates throughout the world, received his first Honorary Doctorate
in North America from Denver University. See: SGI Pres.
Ikeda’s Visit to Denver
One
of the many popular community activities that
SGI-USA Denver is well known for is the annual planting of cherry trees
in and around the city. See: Denver
Cherry Trees
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