You Were Born to Win: Advise to Youth on Living with Purpose and Creating An Undefeatable Self

by Daisaku Ikeda

You Were Born to Win contains selected passages from a variety of Daisaku Ikeda’s works on subjects of particular interest to young people. Though originally written for a specific audience at a specific time, the passages offer a universal message. The sources of the selections can be found in the References section at the end of the booklet.

Genres: Buddhism

Kindle Edition

Published November 1, 2017

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.

Reviews

[Gurj · Rating 3 out of 5]

Felt like reading a self help book that kept reiterating the same meesage each section.

[Kaela · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was good, but it was repetitive, and there was nothing new, nothing in it that I hadn’t heard before. Additionally, I don’t know any Buddhist concepts personally, and while only a couple were mentioned (kosen rufu), I don’t know what they mean, and they were not explained. Some things I disagreed with as well, but that’s to be expected and ok!

[Baveen Gupta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly motivational

This is an excellent book to motivate students. The advise is universal.I would also recommend it to parents. A quick read

[Dheeraj Pudke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book for Youth.

Amazing reading experience.
Love this book & youth must read this once in life....
Great experience book. . . .

[Dimpy Aggarwal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing Book

Apt for new disciples specially, who are fighting to find themselves and evolve everyday. A must read for sure. 😊