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Buddhism An Introduction Cover

Buddhism is often characterised as one of the most complex and enigmatic of all the world's religions. This work shows that the story of Buddhism as a global system of belief begins with the life of the Buddha in northern India in the fifth century BCE.

Mikhail Gorbachev and Daisaku Ikeda are contemporaries raised in different cultures: Gorbachev is a statesman whose origins are the Marx-inspired world of Communism while Ikeda is Buddhist inspired by the thirteenth-century Japanese sage, Nichiren. This title is based on a series of conversations between these two men.

Chinas Holy Mountain An Illustrated Journey into the Heart of Buddhism Cover

'China's Holy Mountain' is both a splendid introduction to the history of Buddhism in East Asia and an evocative and lavishly-illustrated gazetteer of the monasteries and sacred artefacts themselves. It will be an indispensable resource for students of Asian religion and philosophy, with further appeal to general readers.

New Horizons in Eastern Humanism Buddhism Confucianism and the Quest for Global Peace Cover

Exploring correspondences between the Confucian and Buddhist world-views, the interlocutors commit themselves to a view of spirituality and religion that, without blurring cultural difference, is focused above all on the 'universal heart': on harmony between people and nature that leads to peace and to a hopeful future for all humanity.

A New Humanism The University Addresses of Daisaku Ikeda Cover

This stimulating collection, which includes the author's most recent lectures, ranges widely across topics as diverse as art, religion, culture and time, and draws creatively on the sages of ancient India, China and Japan as well as on visionary thinkers from every nation, including Tolstoy, Victor Hugo and Gandhi.

Daisaku Ikedas Philosophy of Peace Dialogue Transformation and Global Citizenship Cover

Who is Daisaku Ikeda? At one level, he is the leader of a religious movement - Soka Gakkai - which began in Japan, where it still has its headquarters. This work shows that while Soka Gakkai may stem from the medieval principles of Nichiren Buddhism, under Ikeda's leadership it has taken these classic wisdoms and transformed them.

Daisaku Ikedas Philosophy of Peace Dialogue Transformation and Global Citizenship Cover

Who is Daisaku Ikeda? At one level, he is the leader of a religious movement - Soka Gakkai - which began in Japan, where it still has its headquarters. This work shows that while Soka Gakkai may stem from the medieval principles of Nichiren Buddhism, under Ikeda's leadership it has taken these classic wisdoms and transformed them.

  • Dawn After Dark

  • Author: Ikeda Daisaku, Rene Huyghe
  • 24 Oct 2007
  • Hardback
  • Price: £27.50
Moral Lessons of the Twentieth Century Cover

This book emerged from a series of conversations between Mikhail Gorbachev and Daisaku Ikeda. Together they explore their experiences of life amidst the turmoil of the 20th century and together they search for a common ethical basis for future development.

Songs of Love Poems of Sadness The Erotic Verse of the Sixth Dalai Lama Cover

The Sixth Dalai Lama refused to take full monastic vows, preferring instead to indulge in his passions for women, alcohol and archery. This book is a collection of the love poetry he wrote, revealing a rich a complex personality.