SGI-USA
LOS ANGELES FRIENDSHIP CENTER
SOKA GAKKAI NICHIREN BUDDHISM
Dear SGI-USA Members and Friends of the SGI,
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Los Angeles Friendship Center (LAFC) will be closed until further notice. This includes daytime hours and the LAFC Bookstore. If you are in need to purchase anything from the bookstore, please visit https://bookstore.sgi-usa.org/
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During this time, let’s chant abundant daimoku, engage in Buddhist study and connect life to life using the phone or video conferencing!
Thank you for your understanding!
Sincerely,
LA Sunshine Zone Team
Los Angeles Friendship Center
Hours of Operation
LOS ANGELES FRIENDSHIP CENTER HOURS
Monday - Friday | 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Saturday | 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday | 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
BOOKSTORE HOURS
Monday - Friday | 11AM - 5PM & 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Saturday | 9:30AM - 5:30PM
Sunday | 9:30AM - 1:00PM
Dear SGI-USA Members and Friends of the SGI,
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Los Angeles Friendship Center (LAFC) will be closed until further notice. This includes daytime hours and the LAFC Bookstore. If you are in need to purchase anything from the bookstore, please visit https://bookstore.sgi-usa.org/
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During this time, let’s chant abundant daimoku, engage in Buddhist study and connect life to life using the phone or video conferencing!
Thank you for your understanding!
Sincerely,
LA Sunshine Zone Team
What Would You Like To Know?
BUDDHISM 101
NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO
The name of the fundamental Law of life and the universe expounded in Nichiren Buddhism the literal meaning is Nam (devotion), the action of practicing Buddhism; myoho (Mystic Law), the essential law of life and its phenomenal manifestations; renge (lotus), the simultaneity of cause and effect; kyo (sutra), the truth expressed through the sound of ones' voice.
WHAT IS NICHIREN BUDDHISM
Nichiren Daishonin (1222-82) is the founder of the Buddhist teaching upon which the SGI bases its activities for peace and happiness in the world. One of the most significant attributes of Nichiren Buddhism is its easily accessible practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. This profound yet simple method of Buddhist practice is the perfect Buddhist teaching for the modern world. The name Nichiren means sun lotus, and Daishonin is an honorific title that means great sage.
WHAT IS HUMAN REVOLUTION
An inner transformation by which people cultivate and come to express their highest human qualities, enabling them to change their circumstances as well. This process is a revolution in the character, in the life, of an individual human being.