Daisaku Ikeda
Japanese Buddhist leader (1928–2023)
Daisaku Ikeda (池田 大作, Ikeda Daisaku, 2 January 1928 – 15 November 2023) was a Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and anti-nuclear activist.[2][3][4] He served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai, the largest of Japan's new religious movements.[5]
Daisaku Ikeda | |
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 Daisaku Ikeda（May 2010） | |
| President of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) | |
| Assumed office 26 January 1975 | |
| Honorary President of Soka Gakkai | |
| Assumed office 24 April 1979 | |
| Succeeded by | President of Soka Gakkai Hiroshi Hojo (北条浩) Einosuke Akiya Minoru Harada |
| 3rd President of Soka Gakkai | |
| In office 3 May 1960 – 24 April 1979 | |
| Preceded by | Jōsei Toda Acting President Takashi Koizumi（小泉隆） |
| Succeeded by | Hiroshi Hojo (北条浩) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1928 Ōta, Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 15 November 2023 (aged 95) Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Spouse(s) | Kaneko Ikeda (池田香峯子) |
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| Residence | Japan, Tokyo, Shinjuku-Ku, Shinanomachi (信濃町) |
| Alma mater | Fuji Junior College (present-day Tokyo Fuji University)[1] |
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| Website | daisakuikeda |
Ikeda is the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI).[6][7]
He died on 15 November 2023, at the age of 95.[8]
References
change- ↑ "Daisaku Ikeda Profile". Soka University. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ Bethel, Dayle (1974). "The Political Ideology of Ikeda Daisaku, President of Soka Gakkai". International Education. 3 (2).
- ↑ Goulah, Jason; Ito, Takao (2012). "Daisaku Ikeda's Curriculum of Soka Education: Creating Value Through Dialogue, Global Citizenship, and 'Human Education' in the Mentor-Disciple Relationship". Curriculum Inquiry. 42 (1): 56–79. doi:10.1111/j.1467-873X.2011.00572.x. S2CID 143095558.
- ↑ "No More Nukes". Tricycle. 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ Métraux, Daniel (2013). "Soka Gakkai International: Japanese Buddhism on a Global Scale". Virginia Review of Asian Studies.
- ↑ Strand, Clark (Winter 2008). "Faith in Revolution". Triycle. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ↑ Urbain, Olivier (2010). Daisaku Ikeda's Philosophy of Peace. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84885-304-1.
- ↑ "池田大作名誉会長は15日に老衰で死去" [Honorary Chairman Daisaku Ikeda died of old age on the 15th.]. Kyodo News (in Japanese). 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.[permanent dead link]
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