Sunday, March 31, 2024

Persisting in the challenge of building peace through dialogue | The Japan Times

Persisting in the challenge of building peace through dialogue | The Japan Times

Persisting in the challenge of building peace through dialogue

Daisaku Ikeda meets with Nelson Mandela in Tokyo in October 1990, shortly after Mandela's release from prison. | SEIKYO SHIMBUN
Daisaku Ikeda meets with Nelson Mandela in Tokyo in October 1990, shortly after Mandela's release from prison. | SEIKYO SHIMBUN

Daisaku Ikeda devoted his life to promoting peace through dialogue. He published dialogues with over 70 international figures and issued peace proposals on Jan. 26 every year between 1983 and 2022 to mark the founding of Soka Gakkai International. Soka Gakkai is a global community-based Buddhist organization that promotes peace, culture and education, and SGI is an international association of Soka Gakkai and a nongovernmental organization in consultative status with the U.N. Economic and Social Council.


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