As Daisaku Ikeda says,

“Acting with a spirit of self initiative and respect for each individual, the SGI will forever illuminate people’s lives and society with the light of courage and hope”.

By actively choosing to do our Human Revolution in reflecting and checking our default thought-processes, our lives will open up, beaming, as Sensei says, “the light of courage and hope” into our Buddhist meetings and wider communities.

Nichiren Buddhism rejects all forms of discrimination. True allyship, however, goes beyond an absence of discrimination. It requires asking how we can proactively dismantle any potential barriers to inclusion in order to create spaces where all within our communities feel safe, recognised and valued. The purpose of this basic guide is to explore how we can do just that, to create spaces that truly embrace all.