Buddhism

Globalization has brought different civilizations and peoples into new and closer contact.

Whether through lyrical celebrations of the wonders of nature; paeans to the steadfastness of women; or salutations to the world leaders who have in their various ways provided inspiration to his lifelong devotion to the causes of peace, justice and education, Daisaku Ikeda in his poems expresses unwavering commitment to the development of a humanistic global culture.

China now attracts global attention in direct proportion to its increasing economic and geopolitical power.

Who is Daisaku Ikeda?

'The natural sympathy and understanding of people everywhere must be the soil in which the new humanism can thrive.

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.

"Global Civilization" emerged from a series of conversations between two peace advocates of Japanese and Iranian origin.