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Soka Gakkai|soːka gakai|
Also Sōkagakkai, Sokagakki.
[Jap. f. so to create + ka value + Gakkai (learned) society.]
In Japan, a lay religious group whose teachings are based on Buddhism.
1958Jap. Christian Quarterly Apr. 104 (title) Sōka Gakkai, strange Buddhist sect. 1964Asia Mag. 18 Oct. 3/2 ‘Let us propagate Buddhism with high and bright spirit to save the world! The dynamic society with such a transcendental goal is Sokagakkai—the startling new Japanese society. 1964Listener 24 Dec. 998/2 The Soka Gakkai—a kind of mixture of Moral Rearmament and Goldwater republicanism. 1968P. S. Buck People of Japan xiv. 174 The Soka Gakkai philosophy is an ancient one based on the only Buddhist sect which was, like Christianity, intolerant of all other religions. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia IX. 328/2 The Sōka-gakkai follows an intensive policy of conversion..which increased its membership within a seven-year period (1951–57) from 3,000 families to 765,000 families. |