Ode to The Grand Spirit

Daisaku Ikeda

The history of Buddhism during the centuries following the death of its founder, Shakyamuni, is as fascinating and important as it is problematic.

Daisaku Ikeda

The introduction of Buddhism to China is a fascinating story of the meeting of two great civilisations: India, the land of the Buddha’s birth, and China, where Buddhism was transformed into a world religion and from where the Buddhist scriptures eventually spread to Japan.