Daisaku Ikeda (1928-) is the President of Soka Gakkai International, a lay Buddhist organization whose adherents come from over 190 countries throughout the world. He is the author of more than 80 books on Buddhist themes, and received the United Nations Peace Award in 1983.
List of Illustrations | p. ix |
Editor's note | p. xi |
Preface to the first edition | p. xv |
Art, Literature and Education | |
Creative Life (Institut de France, 1989) | p. 3 |
A Matter of The Heart (Peking University, 1990) | p. 12 |
Bleyond The Profit Motive (University of the Philippines, 1991 | p. 19 |
The Kemalist Revolution: A Model (Ankara University, 1992) | p. 23 |
Flight of Creativity (University of Bologna, 1994) | p. 31 |
Magnificent Cosmos (Moscow State University, 1994) | p. 52 |
Thoughts On Education for Global Citizenship (Columbia University Teachers College, 1996) | p. 52 |
Dimensions of Culture | |
A New Road To East-West Cultural Exchange (Moscow State University, 1975) | p. 65 |
The Mexican Poetic Spirit (University of Guadalajara, 1981) | p. 76 |
A Harmonious Blend of Cultures (Sofia University, 1981) | p. 82 |
Crossroads of Civilisation (University of Bucharest, 1983) | p. 89 |
The Making of History (Fudan University, 1984) | p. 97 |
A New Global Awareness (University of East Asia, 1991) | p. 101 |
Surmounting Darkness and The Faustian Agony: Light For Twenty-First-Century Civilisation (Ateneo de Santander, 1995) | p. 110 |
Building A Great Spiritual Bridge To The New Century (University of Havana, 1996) | p. 122 |
Religion and Our Time | |
A Godless Civilisation (Packing University, 1980) | p. 131 |
The Enduring Self (UCLA, 1974) | p. 136 |
Gandhism and The Modern World (National Museum, New Delhi, 1992) | p. 144 |
Ethos of Symbiosis (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 1992) | p. 155 |
Mahayana Buddhism and Twenty-First-Century Civilisation (Harvard University, 1993) | p. 165 |
Homage To The Sagarmatha of Humanism: The Living Lessons of Gautama Buddha (Tribhuvan University, 1995) | p. 176 |
Imperative of Peace | |
The Age of 'Soft Power' (Harvard University, 1991) | p. 189 |
Radicalism Reconsidered (Clarmont McKenna College, 1993) | p. 198 |
Infinite Horizon (Shenzhen University, 1994) | p. 207 |
Garden of Imagination (Brazilian Academy of Letters, 1993) | p. 215 |
Globalism and Nationalism (University of Buenos Aires, 1990) | p. 225 |
Peace and Human Security: A Buddhist Perspective for The Twenty-First Century (East-West Center, 1995) | p. 229 |
Makinguchi's Lifelong Pursuit of Justice and Humane Values (Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1996) | p. 241 |
Glossary | p. 253 |
Notes | p. 259 |
Index | p. 273 |
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