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Ikeda Daisaku was born in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, on 2 January 1928. Ikeda had four older brothers, two younger brothers, and a younger sister. His parents later adopted two more children, for a total of 10 children. Since the mid-nineteenth century, the Ikeda family had successfully farmed nori, edible seaweed, in Tokyo Bay.
By 1967 Ikeda had completed 13 trips abroad to strengthen the overseas organizations. [108] The Gakkai's first overseas mission, called Nichiren Shoshu of America (NSA), grew rapidly and claimed some 200,000 American adherents by 1970. [109] Ikeda founded Soka Junior and Senior High Schools in 1968 and Soka University in 1971. [110]
Soka Gakkai International (SGI) is an international Nichiren Buddhist organization founded in 1975 by Daisaku Ikeda, as an umbrella organization of Soka Gakkai. It is run by two vice-presidents, including Hiromasa Ikeda, son of the founder. It claims 12 million adherents, but scholars claim the number is overestimated.
In 1979, Ikeda became the honorary president of the global wing of the sect called Soka Gakkai International, which claims 2.8 million members in over 190 countries and territories.
Under Daisaku Ikeda's presidency, they are the central activity of the Soka Gakkai. [3] Ikeda organized discussion meetings for Japanese emigres during his first overseas trip to the United States and Brazil in 1960. The first zadankai conducted in English was held in the United States in 1963.
The "Moon Sensei" YouTube channel publishes an educational video magazine centered around the ongoing evolution of Robert Nadeau's teachings "O Sensei's Process, This DVD provides an outline of O-Sensei's approach to training in a step-by-step process. [10] Further reading
Ikeda Sen (池田 せん, birth unknown – 9 September 1599), [1] or Anyōin (安養院), [1] was a late-Sengoku period onna-musha. She was the daughter of Ikeda Tsuneoki and the older sister of Ikeda Terumasa .
The Human Revolution (人間革命, Ningen Kakumei) is a roman à clef written by Daisaku Ikeda when he was the leader of the Soka Gakkai buddhist organization. It was published between 1964 and 1995 in a newspaper belonging to the Buddhist organization, the Seikyo Shimbun.