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TOKYO (Reuters) -Daisaku Ikeda, who helped spread Buddhist thought around the world through Soka Gakkai - Japan's largest religious organisation and an ally of the government - has died, the ...
It mainly features news articles about the activities of the former president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), Daisaku Ikeda, and essays written by him, as well as news and experiences by Soka Gakkai members in Japan and abroad. The Seikyo Shimbun is delivered throughout Japan by volunteer deliverers [3] to its subscribers. It is not ...
Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organization, that includes famed musician Herbie Hancock and other celebrities in its fold, has died at 95, the Japanese religious ...
Soka Gakkai (Japanese: 創価学会, Hepburn: Sōka Gakkai, 'Value-Creation Society') is a Japanese new religion based on the teachings of the 13th-century buddhist priest Nichiren. It claims the largest membership among Nichiren Buddhist groups, [ citation needed ] although it was excommunicated by Nikken Abe of Nichiren Shōshū in 1991.
Daisaku Ikeda (1928–2023), a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author and nuclear disarmament advocate, received many honors around the world. At the time of his death, he was president of Soka Gakkai International and honorary president of Soka Gakkai.
In 2003, Japan's largest English-language newspaper, The Japan Times, began carrying Ikeda's contributed commentaries on global issues. [76] By 2015, The Japan Times had published 26 of them. But the column raised criticism among the Japan Times' journalists, who protested their disagreement with Ikeda's writing in 2006. [77]
Soka University's educational philosophy was established by Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, the first president of the Soka Gakkai (then called the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai, or Value-creating Education Society), who had worked as the principal of an elementary school in Japan. Makiguchi published the book "The System of Value-Creating Pedagogy" based on his ...
The Soka Gakkai International comprises a global network of affiliated organizations. As of 2011, the SGI reported active national organizations in 192 countries and territories with a total of approximately 12 million members. [9] The SGI is independent of the Soka Gakkai (the domestic Japanese organization), although both are headquartered in ...