Daisaku Ikeda

is president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a Buddhist association which claims 12 million members in 192 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and research institutions. He is also an honorary member of the Club of Rome. ( members)
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== Life and establishment of SGI==
Daisaku Ikeda was born of seaweed farmers at Ōta, Tokyo. He was the fifth son. He had four elder brothers who fought in World War II and also had two younger brothers, and a sister. As a child, he suffered from poor health and later tuberculosis, and doctors predicted that he wouldn't survive beyond the age of 30. Ikeda's family endured the hardships of the war, as many did. In his youth, he lost his eldest brother Kiichi Ikeda (1916 -1945) to World War II, which developed in him a strong opposition to war. In his late teens, in August 1947, he learned of Nichiren Buddhism through Josei Toda, a Nichiren Buddhist, educator and peace activist, and then president of the Soka Gakkai. In 1948, he quit night school, in order to help and work for his mentor, Josei Toda's publishing business. In return for this, Mr. Toda taught Ikeda literature, history, chemistry, physics, political science, economics, law, mathematics, and Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhist philosophy. In his writings, Dr.Ikeda, talks about these years from 1948 till Mr.Toda's death in 1958 as Golden Years and says that in those days he attended Toda University. As a disciple of Toda, Ikeda took on Toda's dream and mission to spread the teachings of Nichiren Buddhism and its principles of developing a peaceful world through the spread of the True Teachings of the Lotus Sutra. Following Toda's death in 1958, Ikeda became president of the Soka Gakkai, currently serving since 1960.
From its beginnings in the 1930s, the Soka Gakkai was a lay organization whose role was to support the laity in their practice of Nichiren Shōshū Buddhism. After World War II, as Nichiren Buddhism began to spread throughout the world, Soka Gakkai responded by developing an international outreach program, the SGI (Soka Gakkai International). Ikeda took a lead role in this development and became president of SGI upon its founding in 1975. In 1979, Ikeda was forced to resigned as president of Soka Gakkai to take responsibility of Soka Gakkai's deviation from Nichiren doctrines and the accompanying conflict with the priesthoodShimada, Hiromi: Kōmeitō vs. Sōka Gakkai ("Conflicts between Komeitō and Sōka Gakkai"). Asahi Shinsho, Tokyo: May 2007. ISBN 978-4-02-273153-1. p. 114. and was succeeded by Hiroshi Hojo. He was excommunicated by Nichiren Shoshu on August 11, 1992.Mizoguchi, Atsushi: Ikeda Daisaku: Kenryokusha no Kōzō ("Daisaku Ikeda: The structure behind a man with power"). Kōdansha, Tokyo: September 2005. ISBN 4-06-256962-0. p. 396 Taisekiji: Nichiren Shōshū Nyūmon ("An introduction to Nichiren Shoshu"). Fujinomiya, 2002. p. 332 (chronology) and p. 240 Even so, he remained president of SGI, and the position of Soka Gakkai Honorary President, which he still maintains, was created for him.Shimada, Hiromi: Kōmeitō vs. Sōka Gakkai, p. 116. 
As of April 2008, he had received 252 honorary doctorates. He has used the principles of Nichiren Buddhism throughout his own life, and in his role as president of SGI, he acts to support the membership in a number of ways, including providing support and encouragement through his writings and lectures, by striving to promote a dialogue on Nichiren Buddhist principles as they apply to today's global challenges with many of today's world leaders. As such, the SGI membership views him as a great role model for how to apply this practice in their own lives. He is referred to by some members as their "mentor in life" (jinsei no shishō, ),Shimada, Hiromi: Kōmeitō vs. Sōka Gakkai, p. 120–121. and is frequently referred to in the third person as sensei (, "our teacher" or "master"). 
Nichiren Buddhism is a form of Buddhism based on the final teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha, in what is called the Lotus Sutra. The basic premise of this teaching is that Buddhahood and enlightenment are states of being that are as innate to each and every human being, as are the more commonly experienced states of, say, anger, hunger (as in greed, thirst, or insatiable desire), or tranquility (as in calm, complacent, or satisfied). According to the Lotus Sutra, not only are all living beings equally endowed with the potential for enlightenment, but so are they potentially capable of attaining this state, within the current lifetime. According to Nichiren Buddhists' interpretation of the Lotus Sutra, one may awaken one's Buddha Nature through a practice of chanting the phrase Nam myoho renge kyo to develop one's sense of compassion, wisdom, and clarity of mind, and through the development of a sense of the interconnectedness of all life—the "oneness of man and environment," or esho funi—and the ways in which one's thoughts, actions, and deeds—karma—affect one and one's environment throughout the past, present, and future. 
Ikeda and his predecessors in Soka Gakkai, Josei Toda and Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, and the founder of Nichiren Buddhism, a 13th-century priest called Nichiren Daishonin, all strove to live according to these and other Buddhist principles and to encourage others to do the same. Through the study of their teachings, the practice of chanting, and the practice of active involvement in the world at large, one is thought to be able to develop the innate Buddha Nature within, leading to a happier, more fulfilling life for oneself and others. Daisaku Ikeda has had dialogues with many people including Arnold J. Toynbee, Linus Pauling, Wangari Maathai, Marianne Pearl, M.S.Swaminathan, Roberto Baggio, Coretta Scott King, Joseph Rotblat, John Kenneth Galbraith, David Norton, Betty Williams (nobel laureate), Ba Jin, and Rosa Parks.
Though not a statesman or politician himself, followers (as well as some Japanese, Chinese, and Russian politicians and statesmen) credit him with having strengthened the relations of Japan with China and Russia by discussions with their leaders with Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, Mikhail Gorbachev and Alexei Kosygin. He has also met various world leaders, including Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Henry Kissinger, Prince Hitachi, Rajiv Gandhi, Lech Wałęsa, Raúl Alfonsín, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Kurt Waldheim, Eisaku Sato, Takeo Fukuda, Mohamed ElBaradei, James D. Hodgson, Edward Kennedy, Boutros Boutros Ghali, Kofi Annan, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Prince Charles, Margaret Thatcher and Jacques Chirac.
He lives in Tokyo with his wife, Kaneko Ikeda (1932-), whom he married on May 3, 1952. He had three sons, Hiromasa Ikeda (1953-), Shirohisa Ikeda (1955-1984), and, Takahiro Ikeda (1958-).
==Accomplishments==
Ikeda is a prolific writer, poet, peace activist, educator, and interpreter of Nichiren Buddhism. His interests include art, philosophy, photography, and music. He has signed the Earth Charter, and also is a noteworthy environmentalist. He has travelled to more than 60 countries to hold discussions with many political, cultural, and educational figures, as well as to teach, support, and encourage practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism living in these countries. Topics he has addressed include the transformative value of religion, the universality of life, social responsibility, and sustainable progress and development.
As a mentor of SGI, he has founded several institutions, such as the Soka schools (from kindergarten through university level), the Min-On Concert Association, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, the Institute of Oriental Science and the Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research to promote educational, cultural, and artistic activities and to conduct exchanges with like groups and institutions on a global scale. In addition, he has guided the Soka Gakkai's support of, and involvement in Komeito,a Japanese Political Party which as of 2007 is part of a coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party. Ikeda has also initiated a wide range of grassroots exchange programs and delivered speeches at a number of institutions of higher learning around the world, including Harvard University, the Institut de France, Beijing University and Moscow State University. Gandhi, King, Ikeda exhibition showcases Mahatma Gandhi's, Martin Luther King Jr's, and Daisaku Ikeda's peace activism. Another exhibition is Dialogue with Nature showcasing Ikeda's photographs. He has also sponsored the documentary film about the environment, A Quiet Revolution. 
Ikeda states that he share his honors with SGI members, saying that they are proof of the outstanding lives that ordinary people around the world are living, based on the practice of Nichiren Buddhism. He also acknowledges that these honorary degrees honor the greatness of his mentor Josei Toda, as well as Toda's mentor Tsunesaburo Makiguchi.
For his humanitarian endeavors in a range of fields, he is the recipient of numerous awards, including the United Nations Peace Award, the Rosa Parks Humanitarian Award, National Order of the Southern Cross of the Republic of Brazil, the United States Congressional Award, the Honorary Cross of Science and the Arts from the Austrian Ministry of Education, Medal of the Grand Officer of Arts and Letters from the French Ministry of Culture, the Grand Officer award from the President of the Italian Republic and the World Poet Laureateship from the World Poetry Society, and The Order of Friendship from Russia. Every year, on 26 January, since 1983, President Ikeda, presents a peace proposal to the United Nations. Dr. Ikeda is the founder of Soka University, the Soka School System, the Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, and the Toda Institute for Global Peace Policy and Research, and The Institute of Oriental Philosophy.
Ikeda is also author of numerous books and has held dialogs on peace, education, and culture with numerous scholars and world leaders. Most notable are his dialogues, such as Choose Life: A Dialogue (English edition, Oxford University Press, 1976), in which Ikeda and historian Arnold J. Toynbee discuss "humanity's predicament in all its aspects." More recently, in Planetary Citizenship: Your Values, Beliefs, and Actions Can Shape a Sustainable World (Middleway Press, 2003), futurist Hazel Henderson and Ikeda "explore the rise of 'grassroots globalists,' ordinary citizens all over the world who are taking responsibility to build a more peaceful, harmonious and sustainable future."
He is also the recipient of the most honorary doctorates awarded to a single individual, including the United Nations Peace Award (1983); Kenya Oral Literature Award (1986, Kenya); 1986 Chinese Peace and Friendship Trophy, the International Tolerance Award of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (1993, U.S.A.); Rosa Parks Humanitarian Award (1993, U.S.A.); Tagore Peace Award (1997, India); the Albert Einstein Peace Award, and the Global Excellence Award, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (2002, U.S.A.). Daisaku Ikeda's many children's books have been animated into cartoons in Japan.
===Honorary Doctorates and Professorships===
Number	Country 	Institution 	Title Conferred 	Date
1 	U.S.S.R. 	Moscow State University 	honorary doctorate 	May 1975
2 	Peru 	National University of San Marcos 	hon. professorship 	April 1981
3 	Bulgaria 	Sofia University 	honorary doctorate 	May 1981
4 	China 	Peking University 	honorary professorship 	June 1984
5 	China 	Fudan University 	honorary professorship 	June 1984
6 	Dominican Republic 	Autonomous University of Santo Domingo 	honorary professorship 	February 1987
7 	Argentina 	University of Buenos Aires 	honorary doctorate 	March 1990
8 	Mexico 	University of Guanajuato 	honorary doctorate (Maestro Emérito) 	March 1990
9 	China 	Wuhan University 	honorary professorship 	November 1990
10 	Macau 	University of Macau 	honorary professorship 	January 1991
11 	Philippines 	University of the Philippines 	honorary doctorate of law 	April 1991
12 	Argentina 	University of Palermo 	honorary doctorate 	May 1991
13 	Hong Kong 	Chinese University of Hong Kong 	distinguished visiting professor 	January 1992
14 	Turkey 	Ankara University 	honorary doctorate of social science 	June 1992
15 	China 	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 	honorary research professor 	October 1992
16 	Kenya 	University of Nairobi 	honorary doctorate of letters 	December 1992
17 	Brazil 	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 	honorary doctorate 	February 1993
18 	Argentina 	National University of Lomas de Zamora 	honorary doctorate 	February 1993
19 	Argentina 	National University of Lomas de Zamora 	honorary professorship, faculty of law 	February 1993
20 	Argentina 	National University of Cordoba 	honorary professorship 	February 1993
21 	Paraguay 	National University of Asuncion 	honorary doctorate of philosophy 	February 1993
22 	Brazil 	University of São Paulo 	honorary visiting professor 	February 1993
23 	Brazil 	Federal University of Paraná 	honorary doctorate 	March 1993
24 	Bolivia 	Del Valle University 	honorary doctorate 	March 1993
25 	China 	Shenzen University 	honorary professorship 	November 1993
26 	China 	Xinjian Uygur Autonomous Region Museum 	honorary professorship 	January 1994
27 	Russia 	International University in Moscow 	honorary doctorate 	May 1994
28 	Italy 	University of Bologna 	honorary doctorate 	June 1994
29 	United Kingdom 	University of Glasgow 	honorary doctorate 	June 1994
30 	China 	Xinjiang University 	honorary professorship 	August 1994
31 	China 	Xiamen University 	honorary professorship 	November 1994
32 	South Africa 	University of the North 	honorary doctorate of education 	September 1995
33 	Nepal 	Tribhuvan University 	honorary doctorate of letters 	November 1995
34 	Macau 	University of Macau 	honorary doctorate of social sciences 	November 1995
35 	Hong Kong 	University of Hong Kong 	honorary doctorate of letters 	March 1996
36 	China 	Xinjiang University 	honorary president 	April 1996
37 	United States 	University of Denver 	honorary doctorate of education 	June 1996
38 	Cuba 	University of Havana 	honorary doctorate of letters 	June 1996
39 	Ghana 	University of Ghana 	honorary doctorate of law 	August 1996
40 	Russia 	Far Eastern State University 	honorary doctorate of international education 	November 1996
41 	China 	Zhongshan (Sun Yat-Sen) University 	honorary professorship 	November 1996
42 	China 	Jilin University 	honorary professorship 	February 1997
43 	Philippines 	De La Salle University 	honorary doctorate of humane letters (international education) 	March 1997
44 	Sri Lanka 	University of Kelaniya 	honorary doctorate of letters 	May 1997
45 	China 	Shanghai University 	honorary professorship 	May 1997
46 	China 	Inner Mongolia University 	honorary professorship 	October 1997
47 	Mongolia 	National University of Mongolia 	honorary doctorate of humanities 	November 1997
48 	Philippines 	University of the City of Manila 	honorary doctorate of humanities 	February 1998
49 	Argentina 	Universidad de Morón 	honorary doctorate 	March 1998
50 	Russia 	Institute for High Energy Physics 	honorary doctorate 	April 1998
51 	Brazil 	Rio de Janeiro State University 	honorary doctorate 	April 1998
52 	Republic of Korea 	Kyung Hee University 	honorary doctorate of philosophy 	May 1998
53 	Republic of Korea 	Chung Cheong College 	honorary professorship 	July 1998
54 	Peru 	Ricardo Palma University 	honorary doctorate 	July 1998
55 	Peru 	Association of Doctors of Education 	honorary doctorate 	July 1998
56 	China 	Yanbian University 	honorary professorship 	November 1998
57 	China 	Nankai University 	honorary professorship 	November 1998
58 	Brazil 	Northern Paraná University 	honorary doctorate 	November 1998
59 	India 	University of Delhi 	honorary doctorate of letters 	December 1998
60 	Argentina 	University of Flores 	honorary doctorate 	January 1999
61 	China 	Sichuan University 	honorary professorship 	April 1999
62 	Peru 	Federico Villarreal National University 	honorary doctorate 	April 1999
63 	Republic of Korea 	Cheju National University 	honorary doctorate of Korean language and literature 	May 1999
64 	Bolivia 	University of Santa Cruz de la Sierra 	honorary doctorate 	June 1999
65 	China 	Northeastern University 	honorary professorship 	July 1999
66 	Kyrgystan 	Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures, Kyrgyz State Pedagogical University	honorary professorship 	August 1999
67 	Peru 	National University of Central Peru 	honorary doctorate 	September 1999
68 	China 	Hunan Normal University 	honorary professorship 	September 1999
69 	Argentina 	National University of Lomas de Zamora 	honorary professorship, faculty of social sciences 	October 1999
70 	Argentina 	National University of Comahue 	honorary doctorate 	October 1999
71 	China 	Nanjing University 	honorary professorship 	December 1999
72 	Russia 	St. Petersburg State University 	honorary doctorate 	January 2000
73 	United States 	University of Delaware 	honorary doctorate of humane letters 	January 2000
74 	United States 	Queens College, City University of New York 	honorary doctorate of humane letters 	January 2000
75 	Guam (United States) 	University of Guam 	honorary doctorate of humane letters 	January 2000
76 	Philippines 	Angeles University 	honorary doctorate of humanities 	February 2000
77 	China 	Central University for Nationalities 	honorary professorship 	February 2000
78 	China 	Guangdong University of Foreign Studies 	honorary professorship 	February 2000
79 	Argentina 	National University of Nordeste 	honorary doctorate 	February 2000
80 	China 	Northeast Normal University 	honorary doctorate 	March 2000
81 	Sakha Republic (Russia) 	Yakutsk State University 	honorary professorship 	March 2000
82 	El Salvador 	Latin American Technical University 	honorary doctorate 	April 2000
83 	China 	Inner Mongolia Art Academy 	preeminent honorary professor 	April 2000
84 	India 	Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath Institute of Sanskrit Learning 	honorary doctorate (Mahamahopadhyaya) 	April 2000
85 	Mongolia 	Mongolian Institute of Literature and Social Work 	honorary rector 	May 2000
86 	China 	Beijing Administrative College 	honorary professorship 	May 2000
87 	China 	Yunnan University 	honorary professorship 	June 2000
88 	China 	South China Normal University 	honorary professorship 	August 2000
89 	India 	Bundelkhand University 	honorary doctorate of letters 	August 2000
90 	Venezuela 	University of Zulia 	honorary doctorate 	September 2000
91 	Panama 	University of Panama 	honorary doctorate 	September 2000
92 	India 	Bundelkhand University 	honorary lifetime professor in the Ambedhar School of Social Sciences	October 2000
93 	Thailand 	Siam University 	honorary doctorate of public administration 	November 2000
94 	Tonga 	Tonga Institute of Education and Tong Tonga Institute of Schinece and Technology 	honorary professorship of education 	November 2000
95 	Australia 	University of Sydney 	honorary doctorate of letters 	November 2000
96 	Malaysia 	Putra University, Malaysia 	honorary doctorate of letters 	November 2000
97 	Hong Kong 	Chinese University of Hong Kong 	honorary doctorate of social science 	December 2000
98 	Mongolia 	Mongolian University of Arts and Culture 	honorary doctorate 	December 2000
99 	India 	Purvanchai University 	honorary doctorate of letters 	January 2001
100 	China 	Guangdong Province Academy of Social Sciences 	honorary professorship 	February 2001
101 	China 	Northwest University 	honorary professorship 	April 2001
102 	China 	Anhui University 	honorary professorship 	April 2001
103 	Puerto Rico 	Carlos Albizu University 	honorary doctorate of humane letters in behavioral sciences 	May 2001
104 	Mongolia 	Kharakhorum University 	honorary doctorate 	May 2001
105 	China 	Fujian Normal University 	honorary professorship 	June 2001
106 	China 	Huaqiao University 	honorary professorship 	June 2001
107 	China 	Jinan University 	honorary professorship 	July 2001
108 	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	Northern Marianas College 	honorary professorship 	July 2001
109 	China 	Soochow University 	honorary professorship 	October 2001
110 	China 	Liaoning Normal University 	honorary professorship 	October 2001
111 	Philippines 	University of Southern Philippines 	honorary doctorate of humanities 	October 2001
112 	China 	Guangzhou University 	honorary professorship 	November 2001
113 	Republic of Korea 	Kyongju University 	honorary professorship 	December 2001
114 	Republic of Korea 	Changwon National University 	honorary doctorate of education 	December 2001
115 	Kazakhstan 	International Kazakh-Turkish University 	honorary professorship 	December 2001
116 	Dominican Republic 	Santiago Technical University 	honorary doctorate 	February 2002
117 	Uzbekistan 	National Institute of Arts and Design (Uzbekistan) 	honorary professorship 	February 2002
118 	China 	Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences 	senior research professor 	March 2002
119 	Philippines 	Gregorio Araneta University Foundation 	honorary doctorate of humanities 	March 2002
120 	Cambodia 	Royal University of Phnom Penh 	honorary professorship 	March 2002
121 	China 	Liaoning University 	honorary professorship 	April 2002
122 	United States 	Morehouse College 	honorary doctorate of humane letters 	April 2002
123 	China 	Qingdao University 	honorary professorship 	April 2002
124 	India 	Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University 	honorary doctorate of letters 	April 2002
125 	Kenya 	Kenyatta University 	honorary doctorate of humane letters 	May 2002
126 	China 	Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences 	honorary professorship 	May 2002
127 	Russia 	Moscow State University 	honorary professorship 	June 2002
128 	China 	Nanjing Normal University 	honorary professorship 	June 2002
129 	Republic of Korea 	Sorabol College 	honorary professorship 	June 2002
130 	India 	Himachal Pradesh University 	honorary doctorate of literature 	August 2002
131 	China 	Renmin University of China 	honorary professorship 	September 2002
132 	China 	University of Science and Technology of China 	honorary professorship 	October 2002
133 	China 	Zhejiang University 	honorary professorship 	November 2002
134 	Mongolia 	Shihihutung Law School 	honorary doctorate 	November 2002
135 	Ukraine 	Kiev National University of Trade and Economics 	honorary doctorate 	November 2002
136 	Republic of Korea 	Dong-A University 	honorary doctorate of philosophy 	December 2002
137 	China 	Shanghai International Studies University 	honorary professorship 	December 2002
138 	China 	Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences 	honorary professorship 	December 2002
139 	India 	Bharathidasan University 	honorary doctorate of literature 	January 2003
140 	Peru 	National University of Piura 	honorary doctorate 	February 2003
141 	Taiwan 	Chinese Culture University 	honorary doctorate of philosophy 	March 2003
142 	China 	Dalian University of Foreign Languages 	honorary professorship 	April 2003
143 	Paraguay 	Columbia University of Paraguay 	honorary doctorate of sociology 	April 2003
144 	Peru 	Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University 	honorary doctorate 	September 2003
145 	China 	Northwest Normal University 	honorary professorship 	October 2003
146 	Republic of Korea 	Gwangju Women’s University 	honorary professorship 	October 2003
147 	China 	Shanghai Jiao Tong University 	honorary professorship 	October 2003
148 	United States 	Chapman University 	honorary doctorate of humane letters 	December 2003
149 	China 	Zhaoqing University 	honorary professorship 	December 2003
150 	Sakha Republic 	Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts 	honorary professorship 	January 2004
151 	India 	Rabindra Bharati University 	honorary doctorate of literature 	February 2004
152 	United States 	Mineral Area College 	honorary professorship of humanities 	February 2004
153 	China 	National Prosecuters College 	honorary professorship 	March 2004
154 	Taiwan 	National Pingtung University 	honorary doctorate of agricultural sciences 	March 2004
155 	Buryat Republic 	Buryat State University 	honorary professorship 	April 2004
156 	Brazil 	Londrina State University 	honorary doctorate 	April 2004
157 	Bolivia 	University of San Francisco Xavier of Chuquisaca 	honorary doctorate 	May 2004
158 	China 	University of Petroleum 	honorary professorship 	May 2004
159 	Philippines 	Capitol University 	honorary doctorate of humanities 	June 2004
160 	China 	Sanda University, Shanghai 	honorary professorship 	June 2004
161 	Jordan 	University of Jordan 	honorary doctorate of humane letters 	July 2004
162 	Mexico 	University of Guadalajara 	honorary doctorate 	September 2004
163 	China 	Fujian Academy of Social Sciences 	honorary professorship 	September 2004
164 	China 	Changchun University 	honorary professorship 	October 2004
165 	China 	Qufu Normal University 	honorary professorship 	October 2004
166 	Kyrgyzstan 	Osh State University 	honorary professorship 	November 2004
167 	Republic of Korea 	Paekche Institute of the Arts 	honorary professorship 	November 2004
168 	Mongolia 	Otgontenger University 	honorary doctorate 	December 2004
169 	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	Northern Marianas College 	honorary president 	January 2005
170 	Peru 	Enrique Guzman y Valle National University of Education 	honorary doctorate 	January 2005
171 	Belarus 	Minsk State Linguistics University 	honorary professorship 	February 2005
172 	Philippines 	Batangas State University 	honorary doctorate of pedagogy 	March 2005
173 	China 	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics 	honorary professorship 	April 2005
174 	Paraguay 	National University of Itapua 	honorary doctorate 	April 2005
175 	China 	Beijing Language and Culture University 	honorary professorship 	May 2005
176 	Brazil 	Cornélio Procópio College of Philosophy, Science, and Letters 	honorary doctorate 	May 2005
177 	China 	Huazhong Normal University 	honorary professorship 	June 2005
178 	China 	Guangxi Normal University 	honorary professorship 	July 2005
179 	Mongolia 	Mongolian Academy of Sciences Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law 	honorary professorship, philosophy 	September 2005
180 	Vietnam 	Vietnam National University, Hanoi 	honorary doctorate 	September 2005
181 	China 	East China University of Science and Technology 	honorary professorship 	October 2005
182 	Serbia and Montenegro 	Braca Karic University 	honorary doctorate 	October 2005
183 	Russia 	Academy of Security, Defense, and Law Enforcement 	honorary professorship 	December 2005
184 	India 	Symbiosis International Educational Centre (Deemed University) 	honorary doctorate of literature 	December 2005
185 	Russia 	Ural State University 	honorary doctorate 	January 2006
186 	Laos 	National University of Laos 	honorary professorship of humanities 	February 2006
187 	Philippines 	Pampanga Agricultural College 	honorary doctorate of humanities 	March 2006
188 	China 	Hunan University 	honorary professorship 	April 2006
189 	Ukraine 	National Technical University of Ukraine "KPI" 	honorary doctorate 	April 2006
190 	China 	East China Normal University 	honorary professorship 	May 2006
191 	China 	Nanjing Arts Institute 	honorary professorship 	May 2006
192 	India 	Visva-Bharati 	honorary doctorate of literature 	May 2006
193 	China 	China Southwest University of Political Science and Law 	honorary professorship 	June 2006
194 	United States 	Southern Illinois University Carbondale 	honorary doctorate of humane letters 	June 2006
195 	United States 	Los Angeles Southwest College 	honorary professorship 	June 2006
196 	China 	Shaoguan University 	honorary professorship 	June 2006
197 	Republic of Korea 	Dong Shin University 	honorary doctorate of public administration 	June 2006
198 	Thailand 	Maejo University 	honorary doctorate of administration 	July 2006
199 	Brazil 	Catholic College of Economic Science of Bahia 	honorary doctorate 	September 2006
200 	China 	Beijing Normal University 	honorary professorship 	October 2006
201 	Philippines 	University of Rizal System 	honorary doctorate of humanities 	Nov 24, 2006
202 	China 	Dalian University of Technology 	honorary professorship 	Dec 8, 2006
203 	Republic of Korea 	Dongju College 	honorary professorship 	Feb 6, 2007
204 	China 	Guizhou University 	honorary professorship 	Feb 26, 2007
205 	Russia 	Baikal National University of Economics and Law 	honorary professorship 	Mar 13, 2007
206 	Venezuela 	Rafael Belloso Chacín University 	honorary doctorate 	Mar 20, 2007
207 	Venezuela 	Santa María University 	honorary doctorate of law 	Mar 20, 2007
208 	Italy 	University of Palermo 	honorary doctorate of communication sciences 	Mar 23, 2007
209 	Brazil 	Brazilian Academy of Philosophy 	honorary doctorate 	Apr 2, 2007
210 	United States 	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 	honorary doctorate of humane letters 	Apr 17, 2007
211 	China 	Harbin Engineering University 	honorary professorship 	Apr 18, 2007
212 	Brazil 	Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul 	honorary doctorate 	Apr 29, 2007
213 	China 	Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences 	honorary professorship 	May 5, 2007
214 	Taiwan 	Southern Taiwan University of Technology 	honorary doctorate of engineering 	May 28, 2007
215 	Russia 	Russian State University for the Humanities 	honorary doctorate 	May 31, 2007
216 	Peru 	National University of El Santa 	honorary doctorate 	Jun 23, 2007
217 	Sakha Republic (Russia) 	The Yakut State Agricultural Academy 	honorary professorship 	Jul 4, 2007
218 	Russia 	Far Eastern State Technical University 	honorary professorship 	Jul 9, 2007
219 	Philippines 	University of Southeastern Philippines 	honorary doctorate of education 	Sep 13, 2007
220 	China 	Shaanxi Normal University 	honorary professorship 	Oct 6, 2007
221 	Mexico 	University of Humanistic Integration 	honorary doctorate of human sciences 	Oct 8, 2007
222 	Brazil 	Ingá University (UNINGÁ) 	honorary professorship 	Oct 10, 2007
223 	China 	China Youth University for Political Sciences 	honorary professorship 	Oct 21, 2007
224 	Mongolia 	Mongolian State University of Education 	honorary doctorate 	Oct 24, 2007
225 	China 	Wenzhou Medical College 	honorary professorship 	Nov 30, 2007
226 	China 	Shanghai Normal University 	honorary professorship 	Dec 17, 2007
227 	Dominican Republic 	Autonomous University of Santo Domingo 	honorary doctorate 	Jan 19, 2008
228 	Taiwan 	National Yunlin University of Science and Technology 	honorary doctorate of philosophy in management 	Jan 21, 2008
229 	Philippines 	Laguna State Polytechnic University 	honorary doctorate of philosophy in humanities 	Jan 26, 2008
230 	China 	Hunan University of Science and Technology 	honorary professorship 	Mar 1, 2008
231 	Kyrgyz Republic 	I. Arabaev Kyrgyz State University 	honorary doctorate 	Mar 21, 2008
232 	China 	Jiaying University 	honorary professorship 	Mar 31, 2008
233 	Russia 	Tula Lev Tolstoy State Pedagogical University 	honorary professorship 	Apr 2, 2008
234 	China 	Hebei University 	honorary professorship 	Apr 13, 2008
235 	China 	Yan'an University 	honorary professorship 	May 4, 2008
236 	China 	Eastern Liaoning University 	lifetime honorary professorship 	May 30, 2008
237 	China 	Changchun University of Technology 	honorary professorship 	Jun 2, 2008
238 	Brazil 	Centro Universitário de Goiás 	honorary doctorate 	Jun 17, 2008
239 	Brazil 	Centro Universitário Ítalo Brasileiro 	honorary doctorate 	Jun 20, 2008
240 	Philippines 	Benguet State University 	honorary doctorate of humanities 	Jul 10, 2008
241 	Taiwan 	Chungyu Institute of Technology 	honorary professorship 	Jul 22, 2008
242 	Taiwan 	Tainan University of Technology 	honorary professorship 	Jul 24, 2008
243 	Malaysia 	Open University Malaysia 	honorary doctorate of Arts 	Feb 24, 2009
250 	Denmark 	South Danish University 	honorary doctorate 	March 21, 2009
*Chinese University of Hong Kong
*University of Sydney
*Northeast Normal University
*University of Delaware
*St. Petersburg State University
*University of Hong Kong
*University of Macau
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==Criticism==
In 1995, Daisaku Ikeda and the Soka Gakkai were negatively reported on in Time magazine.11/20/95 INT/JAPAN: THE POWER OF SOKA GAKKAI In 1999, The New York Times also did a piece on the uneasy rise of the New Komeito party in Japan funded largely by Ikeda and the Soka Gakkai.A Sect's Political Rise Creates Uneasiness in Japan - New York Times
==Books ==
*The Human Revolution (12 volumes)
*The New Human Revolution (10 Volumes)
*Choose Life: A Dialogue with Arnold J. Toynbee
*Dawn After Dark with René Huyghe
*Before It Is Too Late with Aurelio Peccei
*Human Values in a changing world with Bryan Wilson
*A Lifelong Quest for Peace with Linus Pauling
*Dialogue of World Citizens with Norman Cousins 
*Choose Peace with Johan Galtung
*Planetary Citizenship with Hazel Henderson
*Moral Lesson of the Twentieth Century with Mikhail Gorbachev
*A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics, and the Nuclear Threat with Joseph Rotblat
*Global Civilization: A Buddhist-Islamic Dialogue With Majid Tehranian
*Toward Creating an Age of Humanism with John Kenneth Galbraith
*Dialogical Civilization with Tu Weiming
*My Recollections
*One By One
*For the Sake of Peace
*A Youthful Diary
*The Living Buddha
*Buddhism, the First Millenium
*The Flower of Chinese Buddhism
*The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra (6 volumes)
*On Peace, Life and Philosophy with Henry Kissinger
*Revolutions: to green the environment, to grow the human heart with M.S. Swaminathan
*Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and Death: A Buddhist View of Life
*Life: An Enigma, a Precious Jewel
*Humanity at the Crossroads with Karan Singh
*The Snow Country Prince (children's book)
*The Cherry Tree (children's book)
*The Princess and the Moon (children's book)
*Over the Deep Blue Sea (children's book)
*Kanta and the Deer (children's book)
*The Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions (with a foreword by Duncan Sheik)
*Planetary Citizenship with Hazel Henderson
*Songs of Peace: Rendezvous with Nature (Photographs) (Tokyo: Soka Gakkai, 2005)
*"A Dialogue Between East and West: Looking to a Human Revolution" with Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner
== Notes ==
== References ==
* Seager, Richard: Encountering the Dharma: Daisaku Ikeda, Soka Gakkai, and the Globalization of Buddhism. University of California Press, 2006.
== External links ==
* Official Page for Daisaku Ikeda
* Official Quotes Site for Daisaku Ikeda
* Official Books Site for Daisaku Ikeda
* Official Page for SGI President Daisaku Ikeda
* Official Soka Gakkai Page
* Time Magazine Online: The Power of Soka Gakkai
* A Sect's Political Rise Creates Uneasiness in Japan
* Exhibition Tokyo Fuji Art Museum April 2002 - Friedl and the Children of Terezin: An Exhibition of Art and Hope, (Tokyo Fuji Art Museum founder Daisaku Ikeda, who was instrumental in bringing the exhibit to Japan, comments)
* Tricycle Magazine Interview with Daisaku Ikeda, by Clark Strand, Winter 2008
== Friendship links ==
* Daisaku Ikeda quote in chinese
* Soka Gakkai Malaysia publication "cosmic"
* Faith into Action-Quote
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