With brief, easily absorbed wisdom from the precepts of Nichiren, a 13th-century Buddhist priest, this collection of day-to-day musings can be enjoyed by casual readers and devoted followers alike.
Champions of Hope brings together five lectures that Daisaku Ikeda dedicates to the young people who will carry on the Soka Gakkai’s mission for creating happiness and peace.
In the earlier half of the 20th century, Austrian-born writer Stefan Zweig is said to have urged organising for peace as the most effective measure against the organisations of war. In a parallel vein on a different continent, Daisaku Ikeda culled from the tragedy of war a lifelong commitment to building the resources for peace.
Daisaku Ikeda invites us to explore with him five core principles of Nichiren Buddhism and the Soka Gakkai movement, so that we may find true happiness ourselves, help others do the same, and bring about a more peaceful world.
These essays by Soka Gakkai International (SGI) President Daisaku Ikeda bequeath us his prescriptions for maintaining hope in difficult times when it seems more natural to despair.
In this volume, Daisaku Ikeda, President of Soka Gakkai International, recalls his first meeting with his mentor Josei Toda – an encounter that would sow the seeds of Soka Gakkai’s worldwide peace movement.
SGI President Daisaku Ikeda revisits some of the milestones in the history of the Soka Gakkai and recounts incidents from his training period with his mentor Josei Toda.
Learning from the Gosho: Eternal Teachings of Nichiren Daishonin. This lecture series by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda offers innumerable insights into 12 Gosho, or Writings of Nichiren Daishonin. The Eternal Teaching contained in the Gosho elucidate the means for all people to attain happiness.
In this book, which comprise a selection of essays, addresses and proposals, SGI President Daisaku Ikeda brings a fresh perspective from which to view the ultimate purpose of education and its transformative processes.