For the Sake of Peace
Subtitle: Seven Paths to Global Harmony
Publisher: Middleway Press
Published: February 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780967469720
Subjects: Peace studies; Theology; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Doctrines; Politics / Current Events; Soka Gakkai; New Age; Social aspects; Buddhism - General; Buddhism and humanism; Buddhism; Peace; Religious aspects
Description: "With a vision informed by the life-affirming teachings of Nichiren, the 13th-century Japanese Buddhist teacher and reformer, as well as great world thinkers and philosophers like Confucius, Plato, Aristotle, Tolstoy, Gandhi and others, Dr. Ikeda approaches the issue of peace from many angles.

Prominent among the topics addressed are economics, the environment, the power of dialogue, the proper role of religion, the compassionate spirit of the bodhisattva, the importance of culture, the role of the United Nations, disarmament, the sovereignty of the people and the importance of global citizenship."--BOOK JACKET.