The New Human Revolution - Volume 22

by Daisaku Ikeda

‘A New Century’: Shin’ichi’s dialogues
with novelist Yasushi Inoue and
businessman and industrialist Konosuke
Matsushita are serialized and then
published in book form.
‘Currents’: The Blue Hawaii Convention
is held in Hawaii in conjunction with the
US Nationwide General Meeting, with
many distinguished guests including
the governor. The Buddhist values of
tolerance and compassion meet the
‘aloha’ spirit.
‘High Seas’: Shin’ichi encourages the
members of the Hato-kai (High Seas
Group) who work at sea for extended
periods of time. He also focuses on
encouraging young women including
university students and members of the
Seishun-kai (Spring of Youth Group).
‘The Treasure of Life’: Shin’ichi attends
a doctors group general meeting. He
also attends a Soka Gakkai Headquarters
general meeting in Hiroshima and visits
nearby Kure for the first time.

Genres: Buddhism

280 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Daisaku Ikeda was a Buddhist philosopher, peacebuilder, educator, author and poet. He was 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 was 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 was 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 was a prolific writer who has published more than 100 works, ranging from Buddhist philosophy to biographical essays, poetry, children's stories and photographic collections.