Buddhist Study Conferences and Exam Held in Southeast Asia

Philippines & Singapore 2023
Young people seated in a conference room facing the camera and posing for a group photo.
SGI-Philippines youth attending the study conference at the Manila International Peace Center

On September 9 and 10, SGI-Philippines held study conferences at the Philippine Culture Center in Quezon City and the Manila International Peace Center. These were held both in-person and online. SGI Vice Study Department Leader Koji Ishida gave lectures on “The Buddhism of the People” chapters from the book A Religion of Human Revolution by President Daisaku Ikeda based on the “Buddhism of the Sun” study lecture series. On September 10, some two hundred Soka Gakkai Singapore (SGS) members took an elementary level Buddhist study exam at the SGS Headquarters.