Daisaku Ikeda: 84 books

Where have we come from and where do we go? Why are human beings born? Are our lives just random events or do they have some greater purpose? What is the meaning of death? Nichiren Buddhism, based on the Lotus Sutra, is a teaching of hope that provides answers to these and other important questions...

Dawn After Dark is a discussion between a French art critic and a Japanese religious leader. They personify two distinctively human pursuitsart and religionthat are bound together by a sense of the sacred. For more than a century, Western thought has celebrated and sustained an optimistic faith in...

Daisaku Ikeda, who offers spiritual leadership to 12 million Soka Gakkai Buddhists throughout the world, responds to the complicated issues facing American young people in a straightforward question-and-answer format. He addresses topics that include building individual character, the purpose of hard...

Josef Derbolav (1912-87), professor emeritus of the University of Bonn and an authority on pedagogy and Greek philosophy, and Daisaku Ikeda take up such topics as the historical relations between Japan and Germany, modernization of traditional life-styles, humanism of East and West, the role of ethics...

America’s premier scientist and peace activist Linus Pauling (1901-94) and Daisaku Ikeda worked for decades in the cause of disarmament, international understanding and universal peace. Both men are absolute pacifists. A timely publication at a critical juncture in world affairs, this book is the...

What do Buddhism and Islam have in common? And what positive characteristics might Buddhist Japan and Muslim Indonesia be able to offer one another? In this thoughtful and wide-ranging discussion which draws on creative artists and thinkers as diverse as Beethoven, Goethe, Tolstoy, Thomas Jefferson...

Peace studies pioneer Kevin Clements and Buddhist peacebuilder Daisaku Ikeda engage in dialogue on topics such as conflict resolution, the refugee problem, nuclear disarmament, building a culture of peace and human rights, and the path to recovery and reconstruction following natural disasters. While...

Once called 'the wellspring of the revolution' by Fidel Castro, José Martí (1853-1895) is revered as one of the greatest figures in the history of Cuba. Not only was he instrumental in the late 19th-century cause of securing Cuban independence from Spain. He is also considered one of Cuba's most...

How far do cultures affect the future of the planet? Can the debate on the environment and global warming be influenced by the cultures of East and West understanding each other better? In this provocative and wide-ranging dialogue, two of the most influential thinkers of recent times propose that...

Quale forza si sprigiona dalla recitazione di daimoku? È proprio vero che se rivolgiamo le nostre preghiere al Gohonzon esse si realizzano? Perché esiste un’organizzazione come la Soka Gakkai? Daisaku Ikeda risponde a queste domande poste da alcuni giovani con esempi concreti e di immediata comprensione....

In cosa consiste un'esistenza davvero significativa? Cos'è la vera felicità? Il Buddismo di Nichiren Daishonin è un insegnamento pieno di speranza che ci permette di forgiare una condizione di felicità suprema. La lezione di Daisaku Ikeda su questo importantissimo scritto del Daishonin è una pietra miliare, un testo essenziale per comprendere la portata del Buddismo.

Il Sutra del Loto è uno dei testi fondamentali del Buddismo Mahayana. Secondo l’interpretazione di Nichiren Daishonin, il capitolo Hoben (Espedienti) e il capitolo Juryo (Durata della vita del Tathagata) rappresentano il cuore del sutra, i momenti in cui il Budda trasmise l’essenza del suo insegnamento....

Daisaku Ikeda affronta lo studio dei Tre tipi di tesori, una lettera indirizzata a Shijo Kingo che racchiude molti insegnamenti e frasi di incoraggiamento apprezzate da tutti i praticanti buddisti. In questo testo il Daishonin insegna l’importanza di vivere e comportarsi in modo saggio e quanto...

Il secondo volume dedicato al commento del Sutra del Loto affronta i temi presenti nei capitoli che vanno dal dodicesimo al sedicesimo. Tra questi la predizione dell’illuminazione per gli esseri malvagie per le donne, mai considerata possibile nei sutra precedenti. Inoltre si esamina in modo molto...