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
Daisaku Ikeda quotes about
morning spring winter
While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth.
spiritual ideas profound
The profound unity of subjective existence and objective environment leads naturally to the idea that the life-force of one human being can affect other living beings and even the fundamental being of humankind as a whole. Furthermore, the minds of humankind fuse into one and exert a continuous influence, both physical and spiritual, on other living beings and on the whole of nature.
decision limits cases
In most cases, our so-called limitations are nothing more than our own decision to limit ourselves.
dream giving-up mistake
What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is true success in life? True success means winning in your battle with yourself. Those who persist in the pursuit of their dreams, no matter what the hurdles, are winners in life, for they have won over their weaknesses.
destiny what-matters moments
We are responsible for our own destiny. What matters is how we improve ourselves from this moment forward.
opposites goal realization
Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?
giving fearless next
Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.
happy-life firsts steps
Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.
joy wish done
Increase your joy by doing the good you wish to have done to you.
peace advancement starting
Nothing is more precious than peace. Peace is the most basic starting point for the advancement of humankind.
future vision may
No matter how complex global problems may seem, it is we ourselves who have given rise to them. They cannot be beyond our power to resolve
creativity mean doorways
Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.
lying hero way
A truley heroic way of life lies in squarely confronting and courageously overcoming the pounding vicissitudes that life always throws in our paths
real compassion two-sides
Courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin. Compassion without courage is not genuine. You may have a compassionate thought or impulse, but if you don’t do or say anything, it’s not real compassion.