Daisaku Ikeda Quotes


No matter how hopeless or bleak things appear, the moment always comes when suddenly our spirit revives, and hope is reborn. That is why we must never give up.


Citations

Ikeda, Daisaku. Buddhism Day by Day: Wisdom for Modern Life. Middleway Press, 2001.

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Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda
  • Born: January 2, 1928
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Profession: Writer

Daisaku Ikeda is a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and nuclear disarmament advocate. He has served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai, the largest of Japan's new religious movements. Ikeda is the founding president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), the world's largest Buddhist lay organization, which declares approximately 12 million practitioners in 192 countries and territories, of whom more than 1.5 million reside outside of Japan as of 2012.:269