Archive 2005--Buddhist study and activities DECEMBER Dec 29 Institute of Oriental Philosophy Launches Japanese Web Site Dec 27 Soka Gakkai Malaysia and Soka Gakkai Lanka Buddhist Association Hold Entrance-Level Study Examination on Nichiren Buddhism Dec 20 SGI-Venezuela Holds Youth Festivals; SGI-Chile Launches Fresh Start Dec 8 SGI-Spain Holds General Meeting and First Youth Peace and Culture Festival Dec 4 Bharat (India) Soka Gakkai and SGI-Mexico Hold Study Examination, Respectively; SGI-Philippines Studies "Orally Transmitted Teachings"; SGI-USA Launches Buddhist Learning Review NOVEMBER Nov 30 SGI-Taiwan Changhua Culture Center Opens; Changhua County Commends SGI President Nov 29 SGI-Nepal Members Celebrate 10th Anniversary of SGI President's Visit to Nepal Nov 19 Soka Gakkai Holds Prayer Services to Commemorate November 18, Anniversary of Soka Gakkai's Founding and First Soka Gakkai President's Passing Nov 3 Soka Gakkai Holds Monthly Leaders' Meeting OCTOBER Oct 28 SGI-Portugal Grows to Four Chapters Oct 21 SGI-Australia Has New Leadership Line-up Oct 14 SGI-Bolivia Hosts Entrance Level Study Examination Oct 5 SGI-Thailand Youth Hold Southeast Asia Exchange; SGI-USA Youth Hold General Meeting in Los Angeles, California Oct 4 Second SGI-Oceania Conference Held in New Zealand SEPTEMBER Sep 2 Soka Gakkai Malaysia Opens New Center in Kuantan, Pahang SGI-Europe Members Meet for Summer Study in Trets, France AUGUST Aug 28 Soka Gakkai Music Bands Participate in Local Parades Aug 5 SGI-Cambodia Establishes Young Men's and Young Women's Divisions Soka Gakkai Representatives Visit Former Mongolian President JULY Jul 10 SGI-Europe Youth Representatives Gather for General Meeting in France; UNHCR Commends SGI President Jul 8 Soka Gakkai Holds Monthly Leaders' Meeting for July 2005 Jul 7 SGI Members in Mauritius Start Afresh Jul 4 Soka Gakkai Malaysia Youth Participate in National Event Jul 1 SSA Youth Division Awarded Highest Youth Accolade in Singapore JUNE Jun 28 SGI-Serbia and Montenegro Hosts General Meeting of the Balkan Peninsula Jun 22 SGI-Europe Youth Representatives from 30 Countries Will Gather for General Meeting in July Jun 19 SGI-Korea Opens New Center in Taebaek, Gangwon Province SGI-Sri Lanka Women Hold Second General Meeting Soka Gakkai Indonesia Members Sit for Study Exams Jun 16 SGI Women in Nepal, Paraguay and the Philippines Commemorate Women's Division Day Jun 12 SGI-USA Queens Center Opens in New York City, USA Jun 10 West Chester Township, Ohio, USA, Dedicates Toda Friendship Circle in Voice of America Park Jun 7 Mineral Area College, USA, Awards Mrs. Kaneko Ikeda an Honorary Professorship Jun 4 Kinokuniya Publishes Video and DVD on Educator and First Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi MAY May 30 SGI-USA Youth Center Opens; Los Angeles County Supervisor Commends SGI President and Mrs. Ikeda May 24 SGI-Luxembourg Members Meet; Soka Gakkai Malaysia Youth Engage in Social Activities May 22 SGI-Africa Celebrates May 3 May 21 100,000 Youth Participate in SGI-Korea's Youth Festival SGI Members in Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana Hold Spring Training Courses; SGI-France Members in Corsica Meet May 19 SGI-Poland Holds Study Session May 16 SGI-Uruguay Appoints New National Leaders May 14 SGI-Greece Holds Commemorative Meeting May 10 SGI-UK Holds Commemorative Event in London APRIL Apr 25 SGI Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda Visits Gandhi Memorial Hall in New Delhi, India; Attends Representative Bharat Soka Gakkai Leaders' Meeting at Bodhi Tree Garden Apr 16 SGI-Ghana Makes Great Strides Apr 15 Soka Gakkai Publishes Liturgy in Braille Apr 14 SGI Youth in Africa Socially-Engaged in Their Respective Communities Apr 6 Soka Gakkai Collaborates with Russian Institute on Publication of Xixia Version of the Lotus Sutra Apr 3 Soka Gakkai Malaysia Holds Study Examination; SGI-Philippines Studies "Orally Transmitted Teachings" MARCH Mar 31 SGI-Thailand Commemorates SGI's 30th Anniversary with Youth Music Festival Mar 30 Dr. Karel Dobbelaere, Former International Society for the Sociology of Religions President, Speaks on "Soka Gakkai in a Globalized World" Mar 28 SGI-Taiwan to Commence Construction of New Headquarters Building in Summer 2005 SGI-Europe Youth in Spain, France, Hungary, Slovenia and Russia Reaffirm Commitment to Peace Mar 25 SGI Members Celebrate Lunar (Chinese) New Year in Northern California, USA and Singapore Mar 21 Agriculture and Fishery Departments of Hokkaido, Aomori and Hiroshima Hold Renaissance Rallies Mar 19 "March 16" Celebrated in Brazil, USA and Japan Mar 10 IOP Hosts Public Lecture by Professor Emeritus Tatsuo Morimoto of Meijo University Mar 9 Bharat (India) Soka Gakkai Hosts Family Festivals at Soka Bodhi Tree Garden Mar 8 SGI-Slovenia Officially Registered Mar 7 SGI-Peru Publishes Spanish Edition of The New Human Revolution, Volume 10 and 11, and The World of Nichiren Daishonin's Writings, Volume 1 Mar 6 Soka Gakkai Farmers in Fukushima Hold Experience Rally 250 SGI Members from 160 Countries Exchange with Japanese Members in Tokyo SGI-New Zealand Celebrate Chinese New Year with Local Residents Mar 5 SGI Representatives from 60 Countries Study Nichiren's Writings and Participate in Q&A with Soka Gakkai President Mar 4 Soka Gakkai Holds Monthly Leaders' Meeting for March Mar 3 SGI 2005 Spring Training Session Commences in Tokyo Mar 2 Six Thousand Converge on SGI-Brazil Nature and Culture Center to Celebrate SGI-Brazil Women's Day Mar 1 SGI-Germany Grows from Six to 14 Headquarters in Ten Years FEBRUARY Feb 24 SGI-Mexico's Young Men's Brass Band and Young Women's Fife-and-Drum Corps Introduced on Local Radio Program Feb 17 SGI Members Observe Anniversary of Nichiren's Birthday Feb 15 Soka Gakkai Education Department Hosts Lecture by Future President of the Newly Established Tokyo Metropolitan University Feb 13 SGI members in Central African Republic Meet Feb 8 Local Band El Cuarteto Helps SGI-Venezuela Celebrate SGI's 30th Anniversary Feb 3 SGI Members Around the World Celebrate SGI Day JANUARY Jan 31 Dialogue Series between Harvard Social Anthropology Professor and SGI President Begins in March Issue of Ushio Jan 30 SGI-USA Celebrates SGI's 30th Anniversary with an Aloha Gala in Hawaii Jan 29 SGI-Brazil Nova Era Fife-and-Drum Corps Members and SGI-USA Youth in Southern California Meet, Respectively SGI-Denmark Holds General Meeting; New Young Women's Division Chief Appointed SGI-Uganda Members Meet Jan 22 SGI Members Celebrate New Year's Day and SGI's 30th Anniversary Jan 20 SGI-USA Celebrates SGI's 30th Anniversary in Guam Jan 19 SGI-Colombia Holds General Meeting Jan 18 Soka Gakkai Holds Memorial Services for Victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake Jan 17 Soka Gakkai Holds Memorial Concerts in Osaka and Hyogo in Remembrance of 1995 Earthquake Soka Renaissance Vanguard Wins Prime Minister's Cup for Eighth Time Jan 16 Soka Gakkai Fife-and-Drum Corps Wins Gold Jan 14 Soka Gakkai Women Hold Grassroots Meetings Nationwide SGI-Bolivia Holds General Meeting SGI-Argentina Women's Division's "Young Missus" Group Members Meet Jan 13 SGI-Europe Holds Third SGI-European Summit in Trets, France Jan 10 17th Anniversary of the SGI-Chile Culture Center Commemorated Jan 9 SGI-USA Women to Hold Grassroots Meetings During February 2005 Jan 7 Soka Gakkai Publishes English Translation of Ongi kuden (The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings) Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea, Designates SGI-Korea Yongsan Culture Center as Model Facility SGI-Spain Starts Afresh with New Leaders Jan 6 SGI Members Around the World Celebrate New Year's Day and SGI's 30th Anniversary SGI-Brazil Education Department Holds Commencement Ceremony for Literacy Program Graduates Jan 1 SGI-USA to Celebrate SGI's 30th Anniversary in January in Guam and Hawaii Five Soka Gakkai Bands to Participate in National Meet Happy New Year 2005, "Year of Youth and Development"! 2005 New Year's Message (abridged) from Soka Gakkai President Einosuke Akiya

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