Bøker av Daisaku Ikeda

These translations, the first of a three-volume collection and based on the complete works of Daisaku Ikeda (Ikeda Daisaku zenshu), cover the years 1945-2007, and explore the many subjects to which the leader of Soka Gakkai International has devoted his attention through the inspiration and imagination that flow from his poetic heart and mind.

What is the nature of tolerance? Can it be engendered by religion? And how might different cultural traditions, whether religious or secular, assist in promulgating the vital principle of humanistic dialogue and benevolence?

Despite the relentless pursuit of scientific advancement, in the twenty-first century we see religious influence everywhere. This wide-ranging dialogue addresses the continuing appeal of spirituality to people eager to explore fundamental questions of meaning. It indicates that science, for all its benefits, has limits of explanation.

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.

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.

Dialogue on space, science and life between an eminent astronomer and leading Buddhist scholar