Daisaku Ikeda - The Author

Dr. Ikeda is a prolific author, of some 100 works which range from philosophical treatises to children’s books, as well as essays on numerous subjects and poetry. His best known work, the multivolume “The Human Revolution”, is a novelized historical account of the development and growth o the Soka Gakkai.

 Ikeda has also pioneered the publication of dialogues in which he has discussed the pressing issues facing our world with such notable figures as Arnold Toynbee, Linus Pauling, Mikhail Gorbachev and Hazel Henderson. 

Some of his publications include – 

Dialogues

• Choose Life: A Dialogue (English Edition, Oxford University Press, 1976) Arnold Toynbee and Daisaku Ikeda
• Before It Is Too Late (English Edition, Kodansha International, 1984) Aurelio Peccei and Daisaku Ikeda
• Dawn After Dark (English Edition, Weatherhill, Inc., 1991) Rene Huyghe and Daisaku Ikeda
• Human Values in a Changing World (English Edition, Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1987) Bryan Wilson and Daisaku Ikeda
• Choose Peace (English Edition, Pluto Press, 1995) Johan Galtung and Daisaku Ikeda
• Humanity at the Crossroads -- An Inter-cultural Dialogue (Oxford University Press, 1988) Karan Singh and Daisaku Ikeda

Speeches and Lectures

• A New Humanism (English Edition, Weatherhill, Inc., 1996) Daisaku Ikeda

Novels, Essays and Poetry

• The Human Revolution Volumes 1 to 5 (English Edition, John Weatherhill, Inc.) Daisaku Ikeda
• A Youthful Diary (World Tribune Press, 2000) Daisaku Ikeda
• Glass Children and Other Essays (English Edition, Kodansha International, 1979, 1983) Daisaku Ikeda
• Songs from My Heart (English Edition, John Weatherhill, Inc., 1978) Daisaku Ikeda
• Letters of Four Seasons (English Edition, Kodansha International, 1980) Yasushi Inoue and Daisaku Ikeda

Buddhism

• Life: An Enigma, A Precious Jewel (English Edition, Kodansha International, 1982) Daisaku Ikeda
• The Living Buddha (English Edition, John Weatherhill, Inc., 1976) Daisaku Ikeda
• Buddhism, The First Millennium (English Edition, Kodansha Internationl, 1977) Daisaku Ikeda
• The Flower of Chinese Buddhism (English Edition, John Weatherhill, Inc., 1986) Daisaku Ikeda
• Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and Death: Buddhism in the Contemporary World (English Edition, Macdonald, 1988) Daisaku Ikeda
• Buddhism and the Cosmos (English Edition, Macdonald, 1985) Daisaku Ikeda, Masayoshi Kiguchi and Eiichi Shimura
• Buddhism: The Living Philosophy (English Edition, The East Publications, Inc., 1974) Daisaku Ikeda

For Youth and Children

• The Way of Youth (Middleway Press, 2000) Daisaku Ikeda
• The Snow Country Prince (English Edition, Oxford University Press, 1990) Daisaku Ikeda
• The Cherry Tree (English Edition, Oxford University Press, 1991) Daisaku Ikeda 

Updated on: 19th April 2008