Daisaku Ikeda is a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, writer, poet as well as peace competitor. Daisaku Ikeda is president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) which is a non-governmental company with more than 12 million. members in 192 countries. He is also the founder of several institutions such as the Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, the Toda Institute for World Peace and Policy Research, Min-On Music Association, Fuji Art Museum and the Soka education and learning system with universities in Tokyo, Japan and Orange County, USA.
Ikeda was birthed in Tokyo 1928 and also was an eyewitness to the human loss, torture and confusion as a country at war develops. In postwar Japan disorderly confessed himself to Buddhism after a meeting with the teacher and the burning peacemonger Josei Toda. Toda was the leader of the Buddhist Soka Gakkai lægorganisation and had actually been sent to prison throughout World War II as a result of his confidence. These experiences honed Ikedas deep commitment to tranquility job as well as is the factor for his efforts to create an international culture of tranquility. He has actually spread his suggestions with lectures at a number of the world's leading colleges, as well as has actually met in discussion with huge personalities. Arnold Toynbee, Johan Galtung, Vaclav Havel, Henry Kissinger, Chou Enlai, Mikhail Gorbachev and Nelson Mandela.
In 1983, Daisaku Ikeda got the UN Peace Medal. He aided to ease tensions in between China and the Soviet Union in the 1970s with the "personal party diplomacy" as well as in 1997 he became an honorary member of the World Federation of United Nations Associations - WFUNA for his excellent dedication to the UN. As the only globe Ikeda has actually gotten over 250 scholastic doctorates as well as honorary titles. Number 250, he got on 21 March 2009 from University City College, South from Haderslev.
Our collection contains 5 quotes who is written / told by Daisaku.
"The determination to win is the better part of winning"
"A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader"
"A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind"
"With love and patience, nothing is impossible"
"You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life"
