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Human Revolution Vol 1-3
"A great human revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and further, will enable a change in the destiny of all humankind" - Daisaku Ikeda, President of Soka Gakkai International.
The "single individual" at the heart of the 12-volume The Human Revolution is Ikeda's mentor, Josei Toda, the second president of the Soka Gakkai. Ikeda was convinced that Toda's life constituted a model for the manner in which individuals can carry out a splendid human revolution within their own lives. "It was my duty as his disciple to make certain that his life and spirit were correctly transmitted to later ages," says Ikeda.
The novelised biography of Toda begins with the day he was released from prison, and goes on to trace the development of the Soka Gakkai in Japan, from its rebirth after the Second World War to the last years of Toda. It portrays the triumph of ordinary human beings as they wage a war for peace.
The "single individual" at the heart of the 12-volume The Human Revolution is Ikeda's mentor, Josei Toda, the second president of the Soka Gakkai. Ikeda was convinced that Toda's life constituted a model for the manner in which individuals can carry out a splendid human revolution within their own lives. "It was my duty as his disciple to make certain that his life and spirit were correctly transmitted to later ages," says Ikeda.
The novelised biography of Toda begins with the day he was released from prison, and goes on to trace the development of the Soka Gakkai in Japan, from its rebirth after the Second World War to the last years of Toda. It portrays the triumph of ordinary human beings as they wage a war for peace.
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Daisaku Ikeda
1,231 books523 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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February 18, 2017
The book narrates the story of sensei toda when he was released from the prison and how he managed to build the soka gakkai from scratch again. The conviction and compassion of Josei Toda is boundless. There are several anecdotes' of how he managed to transform and enable so many lives while trying to rebuild soka gakkai abd his business.
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