Daisaku Ikeda

**Daisaku Ikeda **(池田 大作, Ikeda Daisaku; 2 January 1928 – 15 November 2023) was a philospher, peace-builder, SGI Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator and nuclear disarmament advocate. He served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai, which is considered among the largest of Japan's new religious movements. The Soka Gakkai Japanese membership exceeds 8.27 million households. Between 2.5 million and 4 million people - approximately two to three percent of the Japanese population - are active members of Soka Gakkai. Ikeda was the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International, which garnered worldwide membership.The organization has  approximately 12 million practitioners in 192 countries and territories.more than 1.5 million of whom reside outside of Japan as of 2012.

Ikeda shi ne wanda ya kafa cibiyoyin ilimi da al'adu daban-daban, ciki har da Jami'ar Soka, Jami'ar Soka ta Amurka, Ƙungiyar Wasannin Kwaikwayo ta Min-On da Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Tokyo Fuji .  A Japan, an kuma san shi da isar da saƙo ga China a ƙasashen waje. 

## Rayuwar Farko da Tarihi
An haifi Ikeda Daisaku a Ōmori, Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, a ranar 2 ga Janairu, 1928. Ikeda yana da 'yan'uwa maza huɗu, ƙanne biyu, da kuma ƙanwa ɗaya. Daga baya iyayensa sun ɗauki ƙarin yara biyu, jimilla jimillar yara 10. Tun daga tsakiyar ƙarni na sha tara, iyalin Ikeda sun yi nasarar noma *nori*, ciyawar teku mai cin abinci, a Tokyo Bay . A farkon ƙarni na ashirin, kasuwancin dangin Ikeda shine mafi girman mai samar da *nori* a Tokyo. Barnar girgizar ƙasa ta Babban Kantō ta 1923 ta bar kasuwancin iyalin ya lalace. Babban ɗan'uwan Ikeda, Kiichi, ya mutu a Yaƙin Imphal a Burma a watan Janairun 1945 a lokacin matakan ƙarshe na Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu .  Ikeda ya kamu da cutar tarin fuka a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa,  lokaci ne da aka keɓe don karanta littattafai da waƙoƙi daga Japan da ko'ina cikin duniya. 

A watan Agusta na shekarar 1947, yana da shekaru 19, wani tsohon abokinsa ya gayyaci Ikeda don halartar wani taron tattaunawa na addinin Buddha. A can ne ya haɗu da Josei Toda, shugaban ƙungiyar addinin Buddha ta Soka Gakkai ta Japan na biyu. Ikeda ya fara yin addinin Buddha na Nichiren kuma ya shiga Soka Gakkai. Ya ɗauki Toda a matsayin mai ba shi shawara na ruhaniya kuma ya zama memba na ƙungiyar matasa.

## Sana'a

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, a watan Janairun 1946, Ikeda ya sami aiki a Kamfanin Bugawa na Shobundo da ke Tokyo. A watan Maris na 1948, Ikeda ya kammala karatunsa daga Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Toyo kuma a watan da ya biyo baya ya shiga faɗaɗa makarantar dare ta Taisei Gakuin ( Jami'ar Tokyo Fuji ta yanzu) inda ya yi digiri a fannin kimiyyar siyasa .  A wannan lokacin, ya yi aiki a matsayin editan mujallar yara ta *Shonen Nihon* (Boy's Life Japan), wadda ɗaya daga cikin kamfanonin Josei Toda ya buga.  

### Soka Gakkai International kafa
A shekarun 1970, shugabancin Ikeda ya faɗaɗa Soka Gakkai zuwa ƙungiyar addinin Buddha ta ƙasa da ƙasa da ke ƙara himma wajen ayyukan zaman lafiya, al'adu, da ilimi.  A ranar 26 ga Janairun 1975, wakilan Soka Gakkai daga ƙasashe 51 suka kafa Soka Gakkai International . Ikeda ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a ci gaban ƙungiyar a duniya kuma ta zama shugaban kafa Soka Gakkai International.

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Ikeda yana zaune a Tokyo tare da matarsa, Kaneko Ikeda (née Kaneko Shiraki), wacce ya aura a ranar 3 ga Mayu 1952. Ma'auratan sun haifi 'ya'ya maza uku, Hiromasa, Shirohisa (ya mutu a shekarar 1984), da kuma Takahiro.

Hiromasa Ikeda shi ne mataimakin shugaban zartarwa na Soka Gakkai International kuma amintaccen jami'ar Soka a Japan. 

Takahiro Ikeda shine darektan Tsarin Makarantar Soka, kamfanin ilimi na Sôka Gakkai.

Daisaku Ikeda ya mutu a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, 2023, yana da shekaru 95. An sanar da mutuwarsa a bainar jama'a a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba. 

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