Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikedais a Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and anti-nuclear activist. He served as the third president of the Soka Gakkai, the largest of Japan's new religious movements. Ikeda is the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International, the world's largest Buddhist lay organization, with approximately 12 million practitioners in 192 countries and regions...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth2 January 1928
CountryJapan
cosmos divorced fragmented
Divorced from the cosmos, from nature, from society and from each other, we have become fractured and fragmented.
prayer people profound
Why is it that sometimes our prayers seem not to be answered? This is a manifestation of the Buddha's wisdom, so that we can deepen our prayers, become stronger people, live more profound lives and secure deeper, more lasting good fortune. If our slightest prayer was answered immediately, we would become lazy and degenerate. And we could not hope to build a life of great dignity and substance.
moving political vision
Where there is an absence of international political leadership, civil society should step in to fill the gap, providing the energy and vision needed to move the world in a new and better direction.
buddhism ideas causes
The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
moving light suffering
When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
buddhist faces century
Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century.
song heart limits
Poems and songs penned as an unstoppable outpouring of the heart take on a life of their own. They transcend the limits of nationality and time as they pass from person to person, from one heart to another.
inspirational character smooth-sailing
If everything is smooth sailing right from the beginning, we cannot become people of substance and character. By surmounting paining setbacks and obstacles, we can create a brilliant history of triumph that will shine forever. That is what makes life so exciting and enjoyable. In any field of endeavour, those who overcome hardships and grow as human beings are advancing towards success and victory in life.
passion light hopeful
Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming.
fiber nerves moments
The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success.
jewels treasure dignity
A person fully awakened to the jewel-like dignity of their own life is capable of truly respecting that same treasure in others.
dream hopeful missions
Hopes, dreams, faith and a sense of mission enable us to open up our lives.
greatest-treasure treasure no-hope
Hope is life's greatest treasure. If you have no hope, create some!
results worst circumstances
Human beings are inherently endowed with the power to bring out the best possible results from the worst possible circumstances.