Redigerer Sōka Gakkai (avsnitt)

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Soka Gakkai has, together with its international offshoot [[Soka Gakkai International]] (SGI), been described as "the world's largest Buddhist lay group and America's most diverse".<ref name=tricycleInterview>{{cite journal |last=Strand |first=Clark |title=Faith in Revolution |journal=Tricycle Magazine |year=2008 |volume=4 |url=http://www.tricycle.com/interview/faith-revolution}}</ref> Soka Gakkai International claims a total of over 12 million adherents.<ref>{{cite web |author=Soka Gakkai International |title=What is SGI?|url=http://www.sgi.org/about-us/what-is-sgi.html |work=sgi.org |accessdate=11. desember 2013}}</ref> The majority of these belong to the Japanese organization, whose official membership count is 8.27 million ''households''.<ref>{{cite web |title=概要 |url=http://www.sokanet.jp/info/gaiyo.html |work=SOKAnet 創価学会公式サイト |publisher=Soka Gakkai |accessdate=17. desember 2013}}</ref> According to statistics from the [[Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)|Agency for Cultural Affairs]] (a body of the [[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology|Japanese Ministry of Education]]), the Japanese organization had 5.42 million individual members in 2000.<ref name="bunka2">{{cite web |url=http://www.relnet.co.jp/relnet/brief/r3-01.htm |title=わが国における主な宗教団体名 |publisher=文化庁 |date=1995-12-31 |accessdate=2013-11-01}}</ref>

A study in Europe found that most of new members joined because of the personalities of the people they met within the organization; but the biggest reason for continuing is the positive changes they see in their own lives.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dobbelaere |first1=Karel |title=Soka Gakkai |date=1998 |publisher=Signature Books |isbn=1-56085-153-8 |page=38}}</ref>