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Daisaku Ikeda -
Curriculum Vitae (March 2001)
Born: Tokyo, 2 January 1928
Family: Married with two sons
Interests: Philosophy, music, literature and photography
Positions
Held:
Concurrently
president, Soka Gakkai International* (1975– ) and honorary president, Soka
Gakkai (1979– ); president, Soka Gakkai (1960–1979)
Educational
Institutions Founded:
Makiguchi
Foundation for Education (1995)
Malaysia Soka
Kindergarten (1994)
Singapore
Soka Kindergarten (1993)
Hong Kong
Soka Kindergarten (1992)
Soka
University of America (1987)
Soka Women’s
College (1985)
Kansai Soka
Elementary School (1982)
Tokyo Soka
Elementary School (1978)
Sapporo Soka
Kindergarten (1976)
Kansai Soka
Junior and Senior High Schools (1973)
Soka
University (1971)
Soka Junior
and Senior High Schools (1968)
Peace and
Cultural Institutions Founded:
Toda
Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research (1996)
Boston
Research Center for the 21st Century (1993)
Victor Hugo
House of Literature (1991)
Tokyo Fuji
Art Museum (1983)
Min-On
Concert Association (1963)
Institute of
Oriental Philosophy (1962)
*Soka Gakkai
International (SGI) is a global association of lay Buddhists. It is recognized
by the United Nations as a nongovernmental organization and cooperates with the
UN in a variety of humanitarian and public information programs. Membership
includes more than ten million members in Japan and more than 1.3 million
members in 187 other countries and territories worldwide.
Published
Works:
Numerous
works have been translated and published in more than 20 languages. English
titles include the following:
1. Dialogues
Space and Eternal Life with Chandra Wickramasinghe (Journeyman Press, London,
1998);
Choose Peace with Johan Galtung (Pluto Press, London ‘ East Haven, CT, 1995);
A
Lifelong Quest for Peace with Linus Pauling (Jones and Bartlett Publishers,
Inc., Boston ‘ London, 1992);
Search for a New Humanity with Josef Derbolav (Weatherhill, Inc., New York ‘
Tokyo, 1992);
Dawn After Dark with René Huyghe (Weatherhill, Inc., New York ‘ Tokyo, 1991);
Humanity at the Crossroads with Karan Singh (Oxford University Press, Delhi,
1988);
Human Values in a Changing World with Bryan Wilson (Lyle Stuart, Inc., Secaucas,
NJ, 1987);
Before It Is Too Late with Aurelio Peccei (Kodansha International, Tokyo ‘ New
York, 1984);
Choose Life: A Dialogue with Arnold J. Toynbee (Oxford University Press, London,
1976).
2.
Philosophical Writings
Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and Death: Buddhism in the Contemporary World
(Macdonald, London, 1988);
The
Flower of Chinese Buddhism (John Weatherhill, Inc., New York ‘ Tokyo, 1986);
Buddhism and the Cosmos (Macdonald, London, 1985);
Life: An Enigma, a Precious Jewel (Kodansha International, Tokyo ‘ New York,
1982);
Buddhism, the First Millennium (Kodansha International, Tokyo ‘ New York, 1977);
The
Living Buddha: An Interpretive Biography (John Weatherhill, Inc., New York ‘
Tokyo, 1976);
Buddhism: The Living Philosophy (The East Publications, Inc., Tokyo, 1974).
3.
Collections of Essays, Addresses and Poetry
A
New Humanism: The University Addresses of Daisaku Ikeda (Weatherhill, Inc., New
York ‘ Tokyo, 1996);
A
Lasting Peace, 2 volumes to date (John Weatherhill, Inc., New York ‘ Tokyo,
1981, 1987);
Glass Children and Other Essays (Kodansha International, Tokyo ‘ New York,
1983);
Letters of Four Seasons (Kodansha International, Tokyo ‘ New York, 1980);
On
the Japanese Classics (John Weatherhill, Inc., NY ‘ Tokyo, 1979);
Songs from My Heart (John Weatherhill, Inc., New York ‘ Tokyo, 1978).
4. Novels and
Children’s Literature
The
Human Revolution, 6 volumes (John Weatherhill, Inc., New York ‘ Tokyo,
1972–1999);
Kanta and the Deer (Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1997);
Over the Deep Blue Sea (Oxford University Press, London, 1992);
The
Cherry Tree (Oxford University Press, London, 1991);
The
Snow Country Prince (Oxford University Press, London, 1990).
Papers
Delivered:
‘A New
Humanism for the Coming Century’ (1997, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary
Studies);
‘Building a
Great Spiritual Bridge into the New Century’ (1996, University of Havana);
‘Makiguchi’s
Lifelong Pursuit of Justice and Humane Values’ (1996, Simon Wiesenthal Center);
‘Thoughts on
Education for Global Citizenship’ (1996, Teachers College, Columbia University);
‘Peace and
Human Security: A Buddhist Perspective for the Twenty-first Century’ (1995,
East-West Center, University of Hawaii);
‘Leonardo’s
Universal Vision and the Parliament of Humanity: Thoughts on the Future of the
United Nations’ (1994, University of Bologna);
‘Mahayana
Buddhism and Twenty-first Century Civilization’ (1993, Harvard University);
‘In Search of
New Principles of Integration’ (1993, Claremont McKenna College);
‘The Dawn of
Hope for Humanistic Civilization’ (1993, Brazilian Academy of Letters);
‘A New Silk
Road from the Cradle of Civilization’ (1992, Ankara University);
‘The
Twenty-first Century and East Asian Civilization’ (1992, Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences);
‘Towards a
World Without War: Gandhism and the Modern World’ (1992, Gandhi Smriti and
Darshan Samiti);
‘The Age of
‘Soft Power’ and Inner-Motivated Philosophy’ (1991, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University);
‘Beyond the
Profit Motive’ (1991, University of the Philippines);
‘Art and
Spirituality in the East and West’ (1989, l’Institut de France);
‘In Pursuit
of a Harmonious Fusion of Eastern and Western Cultures’ (1981, University of
Sofia);
‘A New Road
to East-West Cultural Exchanges’ (1975, Moscow State University);
‘Towards the
Twenty-first Century’ (1974, University of California, Los Angeles) and others.
Academic
Affiliations:
Guangdong
Academy of Social Sciences (2001, honorary professor, China);
Tonga
Institute of Education/Tonga Institute of Science and Technology (2000, honorary
professor, Kingdom of Tonga);
Bundelkhand
University (2000, honorary lifetime professor, India);
South China
Normal University (2000, honorary professor, China);
Beijing
Administrative College (2000, honorary professor, China);
Mongolian
Institute of Literature (2000, honorary rector, Mongolia);
Inner
Mongolia Art Academy (2000, honorary professor, China);
Guangdong
University of Foreign Studies (2000, honorary professor, China);
Central
University for Nationalities (2000, honorary professor, China);
Nanjing
University (1999, honorary professor, China);
National
University of Lomas de Zamora (1999, honorary professor, Argentina);
Hunan Normal
University (1999, honorary professor, China);
The Institute
of Oriental Languages and Cultures, I. Arabaev Kyrghyz State Pedagogical
University (1999, honorary professor, Kyrghyz Republic);
Northeastern
University (1999, honorary professor, China);
Zhongshan
University (1999, honorary director of Institute of Dr. Sun Yat-sen Studies,
China):
Sichuan
University (1999, honorary professor, China);
University of
Macau (1999, honorary director, Institute of Portuguese and Asian Studies,
Macau);
Nankai
University (1998, honorary professor, China);
Nankai
University (1998, honorary director of Zhou Enlai Institute, China);
Yanbian
University (1998, honorary professor, China);
Chung Cheong
College (1998, honorary professor, Republic of Korea);
Inner
Mongolia University (1997, honorary professor, China);
Shanghai
University (1997, honorary professor, China);
Ji Lin
University (1997, honorary professor, China);
Zhongshan
(Sun Yat-sen) University (1996, honorary professor, China);
Xinjiang
University (1996, honorary president, China);
Xiamen
University (1994, honorary professor, China);
Xinjiang
University (1994, honorary professor, China);
Xinjiang
Uighur Autonomous Region Museum (1994, honorary professor, China);
Shenzhen
University (1993, honorary professor, China);
University of
São Paulo (1993, honorary visiting professor, Brazil);
National
University of Lomas de Zamora (1993, honorary professor in law, Argentina);
Chinese
Academy of Social Sciences (1992, honorary research professor, China);
Chinese
University of Hong Kong (1992, distinguished visiting professor, Hong Kong);
University of
Macau (1991, honorary professor, Macau);
Wuhan
University (1990, honorary professor, China);
Autonomous
University of Santo Domingo (1987, honorary professor, Dominican Republic);
Beijing
University (1984, honorary professor, China);
Fudan
University (1984, honorary professor, China);
National
University of San Marcos (1981, honorary professor, Peru).
Honorary
Degrees:
Purvanchal
University (2001, India);
Mongolian
University of Arts and Culture (2000, Mongolia);
Chinese
University of Hong Kong (2000, China);
Putra
University, Malaysia (2000, Malaysia);
University of
Sydney (2000, Australia);
Siam
University (2000, Thailand);
Bundelkhand
University (2000, India);
University of
Panama (2000, Panama);
Sanskrit
Academy (2000, India);
Latin
American Technical University (2000, El Salvador);
Northeast
Normal University(2000, China);
National
University of the Northeast (2000, Argentina);
Angeles
University (2000, the Philippines);
University of
Guam (2000, U.S.A.);
Queens
College of the City University of New York (2000, U.S.A.);
University of
Delaware (2000, U.S.A.);
St.
Petersburg State University (2000, Russia);
National
University of Comahue (1999, Argentina);
National
University of Central Peru (1999, Peru);
University of
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (1999, Bolivia);
Cheju
National University (1999, Republic of Korea);
Federico
Villarreal National University (1999, Peru);
University of
Flores (1999, Argentina);
University of
Delhi (1999, India);
Northern
Paraná University (1998, Brazil);
Ricardo Palma
University (1998, Peru);
Association
of Doctors of Education (1998, Peru);
Kyung Hee
University (1998, Republic of Korea);
Rio de
Janeiro State University (1998, Brazil);
Institute for
High Energy Physics (1998, Russia);
University of
Morón (1998, Argentina);
University of
the City of Manila (1998, the Philippines);
National
University of Mongolia (1997, Mongolia);
University of
Kelaniya (1997, Sri Lanka);
De La Salle
University (1997, the Philippines);
Far Eastern
State University (1996, Russia);
University of
Ghana (1996, Ghana);
University of
Havana (1996, Cuba);
University of
Denver (1996, U.S.A.);
University of
Hong Kong (1996, Hong Kong);
University of
Macau (1995, Macau);
Tribhuvan
University (1995, Nepal);
University of
the North (1995, South Africa);
University of
Glasgow (1994, U.K.);
University of
Bologna (1994, Italy);
International
University in Moscow (1994, Russia);
Del Valle
University (1993, Bolivia);
Federal
University of Paraná (1993, Brazil);
National
University of Asunción (1993, Paraguay);
National
University of Córdoba (1993, Argentina);
National
University of Lomas de Zamora (1993, Argentina);
Federal
University of Rio de Janeiro (1993, Brazil);
University of
Nairobi (1992, Kenya);
Ankara
University (1992, Turkey);
University of
Palermo (1991, Argentina);
University of
the Philippines (1991, the Philippines);
University of
Guanajuato (1990, Mexico);
University of
Buenos Aires (1990, Argentina);
University of
Sofia (1981, Bulgaria);
Moscow State
University (1975, former U.S.S.R.).
Memberships:
Honorary
adviser, Lu Xhun Museum (2000, China);
Honorary
adviser, World Federation of United Nations Associations (1999);
Honorary
member, Társalgó Association (1999, Hungary);
Honorary
member, International Poetry for Peace Association (1999, Ghana);
Official
patron, World Academy of Arts and Culture/World Congress of Poets (1998);
Diplome D’art
Photographique, Photo-Club du Val de Bievre (1998, France);
Honorary
senator, The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (1997);
Honorary
member, The Club of Rome (1996);
Non-resident
member, The Brazilian Academy of Letters (1993);
Honorary
founding member, Pan African Writers Association (1993);
Poet
Laureate, World Academy of Arts and Culture (1981, U.S.A.) and others.
Awards:
The Order of
Andres Bello in the First Grade (1999, Education Ministry of Venezuela);
First Rizal
International Peace Award (1998, the Philippines);
Tagore Peace
Award (1997, India);
Knight Grand
Cross of Rizal (1996, the Philippines);
Simon
Wiesenthal Center International Tolerance Award (1993, U.S.A.);
Rosa Parks
Humanitarian Award (1993, U.S.A.);
Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Noble Order of the Crown (1991, Thailand);
Order of
Merit of May, the Grade of the Grand Cross (1990, Argentina);
National
Order of the Southern Cross of the Republic of Brazil (1990, Brazil);
UNHCR
Humanitarian Award (1989);
Kenya Oral
Literature Award (1986, Kenya);
Peace and
Friendship Cup (1986, China);
United
Nations Peace Award (1983) and others.
Honorary
Citizenships:
From more
than 150 cities and counties in the U.S.A., Brazil, Argentina, China, Republic
of Korea, the Philippines, New Zealand, France and other countries.