SGI-USA is determined to contribute to the international promotion of peace, culture and education based on the practice of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism. Austin's site provides information about local, national and international activities in order to foster a greater sense of community in our quest for human happiness. "If you wish to free yourself from the sufferings of birth and death you have endured since time without beginning and to attain without fail unsurpassed enlightenment in this lifetime, you must perceive the mystic truth that is originally inherent in all living beings." -- Nichiren Daishonin "A great revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society, and further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind." -- Daisaku Ikeda Nam Myoho Renge Kyo