Category: Books

Hope is a Decision
Hope is a Decision

These essays by Soka Gakkai International (SGI) President Daisaku Ikeda bequeath us his prescriptions for maintaining hope in difficult times when it seems more natural to despair. Having lived through the tragedies of a world torn apart by World War II — in which he lost a brother — a steady descent into poverty, and a relentless battle with ill health, President Ikeda’s own life is a shining example of the power of deciding for hope.

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A New Humanism for the Coming Century
A New Humanism for the Coming Century and other lectures by Daisaku Ikeda

This book is a compilation of eight lectures delivered by President Ikeda between 1989 and 1997 at universities and academies in different cities of the world — Beijing, New Delhi, Kathmandu, Paris, Cambridge USA and Moscow. Though these lectures have been delivered at academic institutions the collection is meant not just for the scholarly erudite but for the average thinking individual concerned about the future of humanity.

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