Daisaku Ikeda

adalah seorang filsuf Buddhis, pendidik, penulis, dan pendukung pelucutan senjata nuklir asal Jepang. Ia menjabat sebagai presiden ketiga dan kemudian presiden kehormatan Soka Gakkai, gerakan keagamaan baru terbesar di Jepang. Ikeda adalah presiden sekaligus pendiri Soka Gakkai International (SGI), organisasi Buddhis terbesar di dunia, yang mengklaim memiliki sekitar 12 juta anggota di 192 negara dan wilayah, lebih dari 1,5 juta di antaranya tinggal di luar Jepang pada tahun 2012.

 Biografi 

 Kehidupan awal 
Ikeda lahir sebagai putra kelima dari petani rumput laut di Ōta, Tokyo. Keempat kakaknya bertarung dalam Perang Dunia II, di mana kakak sulungnya, Kiichi, terbunuh pada saat itu dan rumah keluarganya dihancurkan.Timeline of Ikeda's life, daisakuikeda.org. Accessed 6 November 2013.

 Buku 

Sejumlah buku anak-anak karya Ikeda dibuat menjadi animasi dalam bentuk anime.Educating kids through animated films , The Hindu
 Karya-Karya Pilihan 
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A Dialogue Between East and West: Looking to a Human Revolution (Echoes and Reflections: The Selected Works of Daisaku Ikeda) with Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2008; ISBN 978-1-84511-600-2 (Hardback), ISBN 978-1-84511-600-2 (Paperback)
A Lifelong Quest for Peace with Linus Pauling (May 2000), Jones And Bartlett Publishers, 1st edition, ISBN 978-0-86720-278-6 (Hardback), ISBN 0-86720-277-7 (Paperback); London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., Reprint edition 2008; ISBN 978-1-84511-889-1
A Passage to Peace: Global Solutions from East and West with Nur Yalman, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2009; ISBN 978-1-84511-922-5 (Hardback), ISBN 978-1-84511-923-2 (Paperback)
A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics, and the Nuclear Threat with Joseph Rotblat, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2006; ISBN 978-1-84511-279-0
A Youthful Diary: One Man's Journey from the Beginning of Faith to Worldwide Leadership for Peace, Santa Monica, California: World Tribune Press, 2006; ISBN 978-1-932911-19-0
America Will Be!: Conversations on Hope, Freedom, and Democracy, with Vincent Harding, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dialogue Path Press, 2013; ISBN 978-1-887917-10-0
Before It Is Too Late with Aurelio Peccei, (1985), Kodansha America Inc., 1st edition, ISBN 978-0-87011-700-8; London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., Reprint edition, 2008; ISBN 978-1-84511-888-4
Buddhism: A Way of Values" with Lokesh Chandra, New Delhi: Eternal Ganges Press Pvt Ltdl, 2009; ISBN 978-81-907191-2-4Buddhism: the First Millennium, (1977), Kodansha International, ISBN 978-0-87011-321-5 (Hardback); Santa Monica, California: Middleway Press, Reprint edition, 2009; ISBN 978-0-9779245-3-0Choose Hope: Your Role in Waging Peace in the Nuclear Age with David Krieger, Santa Monica, California: Middleway Press, 2002; ISBN 0-9674697-6-7Choose Life: A Dialogue with Arnold J. Toynbee, Richard L. Gage (Editor), (1976), Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-215258-9; London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., Reprint edition, 2008; ISBN 978-1-84511-595-1Choose Peace: A Dialogue Between Johan Galtung and Daisaku Ikeda with Johan Galtung, London: Pluto Press, 1999; ISBN 978-0-7453-1040-4Compassionate Light in Asia with Jin Yong, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2013; ISBN 978-1-84885-198-6Creating Waldens: An East-West Conversation on the American Renaissance with Ronald A. Bosco and Joel Myerson, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dialogue Path Press, 2009; ISBN 978-1-887917-07-0Dawn After Dark with René Huyghe, (1991), Weatherhill, Inc., ISBN 978-0-8348-0238-4; London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., Reprint edition, 2008; ISBN 978-1-84511-596-8Dialogue of World Citizens with Norman Cousins, (tentative translation from Japanese), Sekai shimin no taiwa, 世界市民の対話, Paperback edition, Tokyo, Japan: Seikyo Shimbunsha, 2000; ISBN 978-4-412-01077-2Discussions on Youth, Santa Monica, California: World Tribune Press, 2010; ISBN 978-1-932911-93-0Embracing the Future, Tokyo: The Japan Times, Ltd., 2008; ISBN 978-4-7890-1316-1Fighting for Peace, Berkeley, California: Creative Arts Book Company, 2004; ISBN 0-88739-618-6For the Sake of Peace: A Buddhist Perspective for the 21st Century, Santa Monica, California: Middleway Press, 2001; ISBN 978-0-9674697-2-0Glass Children and Other Essays, Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1979; ISBN 0-87011-375-5Global Civilization: A Buddhist-Islamic Dialogue With Majid Tehranian, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2008; ISBN 978-1-86064-810-6Human Rights on the 21st Century with Austregesilo de Athayde, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2009; ISBN 978-1-84511-988-1Human Values in a changing world with Bryan Wilson Reprint edition, London and New York: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd., 2008; ISBN 978-1-84511-597-5Humanity at the Crossroads: An Intercultural Dialogue with Karan Singh, New Delhi: Oxford University Press India, 1988; ISBN 978-0-19-562215-7Into Full Flower: Making Peace Cultures Happen with Elise Boulding, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dialogue Path Press, 2010; ISBN 978-1-887917-08-7Journey of Life: Selected Poems of Daisaku Ikeda, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2014; ISBN 978-1-78076-969-1Kanta and the Deer (children's book), New York: Weatherhill, 1997; ISBN 978-0-8348-0406-7
'La fuerza de la Esperanza; Reflexiones sobre la paz y los derechos humanos en el tercer milenio' (dialogue between Argentine Nobel Peace laureate Dr. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Daisaku Ikeda), Buenos Aires: Emecé Editores,2011; ISBN 978-950-04-3412-6
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 Life: An Enigma, a Precious Jewel, 1st edition, New York: Kodansha America, Inc., 1982; ISBN 978-0-87011-433-5
 Moral Lessons of the Twentieth Century: Gorbachev and Ikeda on Buddhism and Communism with Mikhail Gorbachev, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2005; ISBN 978-1-84511-773-3
 My Recollections, Santa Monica, California: World Tribune Press, 1980; ISBN 978-0-915678-10-5
 New Horizons in Eastern Humanism Buddhism, Confucianism and the Quest for Global Peace with Tu Weiming, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2011; ISBN 978-1-84885-593-9
  Ode to the Grand Spirit: A dialogue Ode to the Grand Spirit: A Dialogue (Echoes and Reflections)" — with Chingiz Aitmatov, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2009; ISBN 978-1-84511-987-4
 On Being Human: Where Ethics, Medicine, and Spirituality Converge with René Simard and Guy Bourgeault, Santa Monica, California: Middleway Press, 2003; ISBN 0-9723267-1-5
 On Peace, Life and Philosophy with Henry Kissinger (tentative translation from Japanese), Heiwa to jinsei to tetsugaku o kataru,「平和」と「人生」と「哲学」を語る, Tokyo, Japan: Ushio Shuppansha, 1987; ISBN 978-4-267-01164-1
 One by One: The World is Yours to Change, Sonoma, California: Dunhill Publishing; Paper/DVD edition, 2004; ISBN 978-1-931501-01-9
 Over the Deep Blue Sea (children's book), Brian Wildsmith (Illustrator), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993, ISBN 978-0-679-84184-5
 Planetary Citizenship: Your Values, Beliefs and Actions Can Shape A Sustainable World with Hazel Henderson, Santa Monica, California: Middleway Press, 2004; ISBN 0-9723267-2-3/ISBN 978-0-9723267-2-8
 Rendezvous with nature: songs of peace / photographs by Daisaku Ikeda, Shizen to no taiwa: heiwa no shi, 自然との対話: 平和の詩, Tokyo: Sōka Gakkai, 2005; OCLC Number: 73228297
 Revolutions to Green the Environment, to Grow the Human Heart: A Dialogue Between M.S. Swaminathan, Leader of the Ever-Green Revolution and Daisaku Ikeda, Proponent of the Human Revolution, Madras, India: East West Books, 2005; ISBN 978-81-88661-34-3
 Search for a New Humanity: A Dialogue with Josef Derbolav, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2008; ISBN 978-1-84511-598-2
 Soka Education: A Buddhist Vision for Teachers, Students and Parents, Santa Monica, California: Middleway Press, 2001; ISBN 0-9674697-4-0
 Songs from My Heart, (1978), Weatherhill, Inc., ISBN 0-8348-0398-4, New York and Tokyo: Weatherhill, Inc., Reprint edition 1997; ISBN 0-8348-0398-4
 Space and Eternal Life with Chandra Wickramasinghe, Newburyport, Massachusetts: Journeyman Press, 1998; ISBN 1-85172-060-X
 The Cherry Tree (children's book), Brian Wildsmith (Illustrator), New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1992; ISBN 978-0-679-82669-9
 The Flower of Chinese Buddhism, Santa Monica, California: Middleway Press, 2009; ISBN 978-0-9779245-4-7
 The Human Revolution (The Human Revolution, #1-12), abridged two-book set, Santa Monica, California: World Tribune Press, 2008; ISBN 0-915678-77-2
 The Inner Philosopher: Conversations on Philosophy’s Transformative Power with Lou Marinoff, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Dialogue Path Press, 2012; ISBN 978-1-887917-09-4
 The Living Buddha: An Interpretive Biography, Santa Monica, California: Middleway Press, 2008; ISBN 978-0-9779245-2-3
 The New Human Revolution (an ongoing series) (30+ Volumes, this is an ongoing series), Santa Monica, California: World Tribune Press, 1995-; partial list of ISBN Vol.1 978-0-915678-33-4, Vol.2 978-0-915678-34-1, Vol.3 978-0-915678-35-8, Vol.4 978-0-915678-36-5, Vol.5 978-0-915678-37-2, Vol.6 978-0-915678-38-9, Vol.7 978-0-915678-39-6, Vol.8 978-0-915678-40-2, Vol.9 978-0-915678-41-9, Vol.10 978-0-915678-42-6, Vol.11 978-0-915678-43-3, Vol.12 978-0-915678-44-0, Vol.13 978-0-915678-45-7, Vol.14 978-0-915678-46-4, Vol.15 978-0-915678-47-1, Vol.16 978-0-915678-48-8, Vol.17 978-0-915678-49-5, Vol.18 978-0-915678-50-1, Vol.19 978-0-915678-51-8, Vol.20 978-0-915678-52-5, Vol.21 978-0-915678-53-2, Vol.22 978-0-915678-54-9, Vol.23 978-0-915678-55-6, Vol.24 978-0-915678-56-3
 The Persistence of Religion: Comparative Perspectives on Modern Spirituality with Harvey Cox, London and New York: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd., 2009; ISBN 978-1-84885-195-5 (Paperback), ISBN 978-1-84885-194-8 (Hardback)
 The Princess and the Moon (children's book), Brian Wildsmith (Illustrator), New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1992; ISBN 978-0-679-83620-9
 The Snow Country Prince (children's book), Brian Wildsmith (Illustrator), New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1991; ISBN 978-0-679-91965-0
 The Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions (with a foreword by Duncan Sheik), Santa Monica, California: Middleway Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-9674697-0-6
 The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra (6 volumes), Santa Monica, California: World Tribune Press, 2000 (vols 1 & 2), 2001 (vol 3), 2002 (vol 4), 2003 (vols 5 & 6); ISBN 0-915678-69-1 (vol 1), 0-915678-70-5 (vol 2), 0-9-15678-71-3 (vol 3), 0-915678-72-1 (vol 4), 0-915678-73-X (vol 5), 0-915678-74-8 (vol 6)
 Toward Creating an Age of Humanism with John Kenneth Galbraith　(tentative translation from Japanese), Ningenshugi no dai seiki o, 人間主義の大世紀を―わが人生を飾れ, Tokyo, Japan: Ushio Shuppansha, 2005; ISBN 978-4-267-01730-8
 Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and Death: A Buddhist View of Life, 2nd edition, Santa Monica, California: Middleway Press, 2004; ISBN 978-0-9723267-0-4

 Referensi 

 Bacaan tambahan 

 Seager, Richard: Encountering the Dharma: Daisaku Ikeda, Sōka Gakkai, and the Globalization of Buddhism''. University of California Press, 2006.

 Pranala luar 

 Daisaku Ikeda's website
 SGI President page for Daisaku Ikeda
 Tricycle Magazine Interview, by Clark Strand, Winter 2008
 Lectures around the World

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