Middleway Press: 37 books
Discussions on Youth
For the Leaders of the Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
In a straightforward question-and-answer format, Buddhist teacher Daisaku Ikeda responds to the complicated issued facing American young people. Addressing adolescents as the leaders of the future, Ikeda touches on topics of peace, human rights, and environmental degredation as he urges young people...
by Daisaku Ikeda
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Through this novelized history of the Soka Gakkai-one of the most dynamic, diverse, and empowering Buddhist movements in the world today-readers will discover the organization's goals and achievements even as they find inspiring and practical Buddhist wisdom for living happily and compassionately...
The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace
Selections From the Works of Daisaku Ikeda
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Gleaned from more than fifty years of SGI President Ikeda's works, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace provides a window into the SGI president's thought and philosophy. His works are a boundless source of inspiration. They embody a universal message of hope and courage for a world increasingly beset with sorrow and suffering.
Third Stage of Life
Aging in Contemporary Society
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Buddhist philosopher, peace activist and octogenarian Daisaku Ikeda has spent a lifetime studying and teaching about life’s universal sufferings of birth, aging, sickness and death. His life exemplifies the health and happiness possible from a compassionate practice of Nichiren Buddhism. In The...
by Daisaku Ikeda
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Beginning with the introduction of the religion into China, this chronicle depicts the evolution of Buddhism. The career and achievements of the great Kumarajiva are investigated, exploring the famed philosophical treatises that form the core of East Asian Buddhist literature. Providing a useful and...
by Daisaku Ikeda
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Through this novelized history of the Soka Gakkai-one of the most dynamic, diverse, and empowering Buddhist movements in the world today-readers will discover the organization's goals and achievements even as they find inspiring and practical Buddhist wisdom for living happily and compassionately...
by Daisaku Ikeda
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Through this novelized history of the Soka Gakkai—one of the most dynamic, diverse, and empowering Buddhist movements in the world today—readers will discover the organization’s goals and achievements even as they find inspiring and practical Buddhist wisdom for living happily and compassionately...
by Daisaku Ikeda
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Addressing questions such as What constitutes a meaningful life? and What is true happiness?, this guide to Nichiren Buddhism presents the spiritual practice as a teaching of hope that can answer these and other important questions of modern life. Buddhist teacher Daisaku Ikeda offers insights into...
The Living Buddha
An Interpretive Biography
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
An intimate portrayal of one of history's most important and obscure figures, the Buddha, this chronicle reveals him not as a mystic, but a warm and engaged human being that was very much the product of his turbulent times. This biographical account traces the path of Siddhartha Gautama as he walked...
by Daisaku Ikeda
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Nichiren Daishonin's writings provide a practical formula for enabling all people to achieve victory in every aspect of their lives and attain an unshakable state of happiness. This volume of Learning from Nichiren's Writings: The Teachings for Victory contains SGI President Daisaku Ikeda's lectures...
The Heart of the Lotus Sutra
Lectures on the "Expedient Means" and "Life Span" Chapters
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
The Lotus Sutra has been regarded for centuries as one of the most important teachings in Mahayana Buddhism. This book goes beyond theory to show how to bring these teachings into practice in daily life. Containing profound truths for all people from every culture, it reveals the secret for attaining...
On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
Commentaries on the Writings of Nichiren
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
What constitutes a meaningful life? What is true happiness? Nichiren Buddhism, based on the Lotus Sutra, is a teaching of hope that provides answers to these and other important questions for modern life. Ranked among the most important works in Mahayana Buddhism, Nichiren’s 13th-century writings...
Buddhism
The First Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Beginning with the events immediately following the dark days after the death of Shakyamuni and continuing over a period of 1,000 years, this dynamic tome covers a vast and complex series of events and developments in the history of Buddhism. Through a thorough examination of its early development...
Waking the Buddha
How the Most Dynamic and Empowering Buddhist Movement in History Is Changing Our Concept of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Is there more to Buddhism than sitting in silent meditation? Is modern Buddhism relevant to the problems of daily life? Does it empower individuals to transform their lives? Or has Buddhism become too detached, so still and quiet that the Buddha has fallen asleep? Waking the Buddha tells the story...