Daisaku Ikeda is a Buddhist philosopher, peacebuilder, educator, author and poet. He is the third president of the Soka Gakkai lay Buddhist organization and the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), which is today one of the world's largest and most diverse lay Buddhist organizations, promoting a philosophy of character development and social engagement for peace. Ikeda is the founder of the Soka (value-creation) schools, a nondenominational school system based on an ideal of fostering each student's unique creative potential and cultivating an ethic of peace, social contribution and global consciousness. The school system runs from kindergarten through graduate study and includes a university in Tokyo, Japan, and another in California, U.S.A. Ikeda is a staunch proponent of dialogue as the foundation of peace. Since the 1970s he has pursued dialogue with a wide range of individuals around the world in political, cultural, educational and academic fields. Over 50 of these have been published in book form, with people such as Mikhail Gorbachev, Elise Boulding, Joseph Rotblat and André Malraux. In furtherance of his vision of fostering dialogue and solidarity for peace, Ikeda has founded a number of independent, nonprofit research institutes that develop cross-cultural, interdisciplinary collaboration on diverse issues: the Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research and the Institute of Oriental Philosophy. The Min-On Concert Association and the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum promote mutual understanding and friendship between different national cultures through the arts. Ikeda is a prolific writer who has published more than 100 works, ranging from Buddhist philosophy to biographical essays, poetry, children's stories and photographic collections.
Series
Books
The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, vol. 2
2017
Third Stage of Life
Aging in Contemporary Society
2016
Living the Gosho
2014
For Today & Tomorrow
Daily Encouragement
1999
Life
An Enigma, a Precious Jewel
1982
The New Human Revolution, Vol. 24
2013
Choose Peace
A Dialogue Between Johan Galtung and Daisaku Ikeda
1995
The Victorious Teen
Buddhist Advice for Dealing With What Life Throws at You
2016
The Opening of the Eyes
2013
The New Human Revolution Volume 23
2011
The Five Eternal Guidelines of the Soka Gakkai
2018
Discussions on Youth
2009
The Flower of Chinese Buddhism
1986
Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and Death
Buddhism in the Contemporary World
1988
The Living Buddha
An Interpretive Biography
1973
Happiness Volume 1
2023
A Piece of Mirror and Other Essays
2004
On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
2006
The New Human Revolution, Volume 3
1996
Fighting for Peace
2004
Lectures on the "Expedient Means and "Life Span" Chapters of the Lotus Sutra
1995
The New Human Revolution, Volume 2
1995
Buddhism
The First Millennium
1977
The New Human Revolution, Volume 1
1995
Faith Into Action
Thoughts on Selected Topics
1999
The New Human Revolution, Volume 4
1983
The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace
Selections From the Works of Daisaku Ikeda
2015
The Way of Youth
Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions
2000
Hope Is a Decision
Selected Essays
2017
The New Human Revolution Volume 22
2010
il quaderno di hiroshima
2007
The Third Stage of Life
Aging in Contemporary Society
2016
Đức Phật trong BaLô
giải đáp thắc mắc của giới trẻ trong thế kỷ 21
2011
A New Humanism
The University Addresses of Daisaku Ikeda
1995
The New Human Revolution
Volume 6
1998
The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra
A Discussion, Volume 6
2003
The Heart of the Lotus Sutra
Lectures on the "Expedient Means" and "Life Span" Chapters
2014
The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra
A Discussion, Volume 4
2002
For the Sake of Peace
A Buddhist Perspective for the 21st Century
2001
The New Human Revolution, Vol. 9
2003
The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra
A Discussion, Vol 1
2000
The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra
A Discussion, Volume 3
2001
Soka Education
For the Happiness of the Individual
2010
The Snow Country Prince
1990
Buddhism Day by Day
Wisdom for Modern Life
2006
A Youthful Diary
2000
On Being Human
Where Ethics, Medicine and Spirituality Converge
2003
The Vow of the Ikeda Kayo-Kai
Encouragement for Young Women
2011
One by One
2002
The Princess and the Moon
1991
The Art of True Relations
Conversations on the Poetic Heart of Human Possibility
2014
The New Human Revolution Volume 21
2010
Welcome to Nichiren Buddhism your question answered
2023
The Human Revolution
1982
You Were Born to Win
Advise to Youth on Living with Purpose and Creating An Undefeatable Self
2017
Happy Parents, Happy Kids
Parenting Advice for the Twenty-First Century
2017
Embracing Compassion
A Revolution in Leadership
2009
Qualunque fiore tu sia sboccerai. Scopri il tuo filosofo interiore e trasforma la tua vita
2017
The Cherry Tree
1932
Learning From The Gosho
The Eternal Teachings of Nichiren Daishonin
1997
من أجل السلام
2004
