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.

## Buku

Sejumlah buku anak-anak karya Ikeda dibuat menjadi animasi dalam bentuk anime.
### Karya-Karya Pilihan

* *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