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Soka Gakkai International ("International Value-Creation Society"; also, SGI) is the international umbrella organization for Soka Gakkai-affiliated lay organizations in over 190 countries. SGI has over 15 million members, who practice Soka Gakkai's particular form of Nichiren Buddhism. SGI's Japan-based parent, Soka Gakkai, was formed in 1930 and is closely associated with the New Komeito, an influential Japanese political party. However, the SG no longer financially supports this party. The Soka Gakkai International, the global organization, was founded in 1975 and characterizes its organization as a support network for practitioners of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism. SGI members, seeking to change society for the better by applying their religious beliefs to daily life, are actively engaged in numerous community-based programs to promote cultural exchange and understanding among peoples as well as activities to propagate the Buddhism that they practice.

The different SGI organizations and its international president, Daisaku Ikeda, have been collectively or individually criticized by the media, intellectuals, and politicians in several countries and at various times for some of their actions and policies. Conversely, it has been praised by many independent people and organizations. Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center says, "I am upbeat about Japan...we found good people there...like Daisaku Ikeda and the Soka Gakkai, that support what we're doing."Mikhail Gorbachev, former President of the Soviet Union, is quoted as saying, "President Ikeda is a philosopher, a thinker, and a poet with a grand vision and a big heart. He is working not only for Japan but for the sake of the entire world."In October 2006, SGI President Daisaku Ikeda received his 200th honorary doctorate and has received 150 honorary citizenships.

Critics accuse the Soka Gakkai and Soka Gakkai International as being a cult or "cult-like group." Critics find that the Soka Gakkai has placed an emphasis on recruitment and that it demonizes perceived enemies, in particular former members, the priesthood of Nichiren Shoshu, and journalists and academics who have been or are critical of the organization.
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Buddhism - USA; Soka Gakkai International - SGI-USA
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Consumer Buddhism: NSA, Patriotism, and America by Harry S. Pariser
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How a Fundamentalist Became a Buddha
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Jinzai-Net - The Portal to Soka Gakkai International
http://www.jinzainet.org/

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Soka Gakkai International Australia
http://www.sgiaust.org.au/

Soka Gakkai International Canada
http://www.sgicanada.org/

Soka Gakkai International Florida
http://www.sgi-usa-florida.org/

Soka Gakkai International Gulf Coast Area
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=68755&ck=&userid=1&userpw=.&uh=1,0,

Soka Gakkai International Los Angeles
http://www.sgi-lafriendshipcenter.org/

Soka Gakkai International Malaysia
http://www.sgm.org.my/

Soka Gakkai International Philadelphia
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Soka Gakkai International Phoenix
http://members.cox.net/sgiaz/

Soka Gakkai International San Jose
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Soka Gakkai International Singapore
http://www.ssabuddhist.org/

Soka Gakkai International South Africa
http://www.sgi-sa.org.za/

Soka Gakkai International United Kingdom -
http://www.sgi-uk.org/

Story of the Ringleader Behind the Libel and Schemes to Destroy the Soka Gakkai
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Value Creation Society University of Southern California
http://www-scf.usc.edu/~vcs/

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World Peace Buddhists, Stanford
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