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The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, New Edition, Part-1, Happiness
Selected from more than sixty years of President Daisaku Ikeda’s collected works, the words of inspiration found in The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace embody a universal message of hope and courage for a world increasingly beset with sorrow and suffering.
“Happiness”, Part 1 of President Ikeda’s selected writings, discusses what true happiness is and where it is to be found. We discover the means to becoming happy ourselves and making others happy. We learn that we are both the scriptwriters and protagonists of our own lives and have limitless potential to rewrite our own destinies into “wonderful stories” of happiness and victory that will in turn inspire many others.
“Happiness”, Part 1 of President Ikeda’s selected writings, discusses what true happiness is and where it is to be found. We discover the means to becoming happy ourselves and making others happy. We learn that we are both the scriptwriters and protagonists of our own lives and have limitless potential to rewrite our own destinies into “wonderful stories” of happiness and victory that will in turn inspire many others.
444 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 17, 2022
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Daisaku Ikeda
1,224 books513 followersDaisaku 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.
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.
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April 3, 2022
Truly Remarkable!
The Wisdom/Teachings of the Law
has transformed the way I look at my objective towards life. Must Read and Must recommend.
The Wisdom/Teachings of the Law
has transformed the way I look at my objective towards life. Must Read and Must recommend.
May 6, 2025
amalgamation of various quotes and lectures
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