How Soka Gakkai Became A Global Buddist Movement
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How Soka Gakkai Became A Global Buddhist Movement
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Author : Daniel A. Métraux
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-01-04
How Soka Gakkai Became A Global Buddhist Movement written by Daniel A. Métraux and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-04 with Buddhism and culture categories.
The Soka Gakkai is a massive Japan-based New Religious Movement based on the Buddhist teachings of the medieval Buddhist monk Nichiren. This work examines Soka Gakkai International chapters in Australia, Southeast Asia, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Quebec to determine why the movement has developed strong roots among people from widely divergent cultures.
How Soka Gakkai Became A Global Buddist Movement
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Author : Daniel Alfred Metraux
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
How Soka Gakkai Became A Global Buddist Movement written by Daniel Alfred Metraux and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Buddhism categories.
The Soka Gakkai is a massive Japan-based New Religious Movement based on the Buddhist teachings of the medieval Buddhist mouk Nichiren. This work examines Soka Gakkai International chapters in Australia, Southeast Asia, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Quebec to determine why the movement has developed strong roots among people from widely divergent cultures. See table of contents on reverse side.
Waking The Buddha
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Author : Clark Strand
language : en
Publisher: Middleway Press
Release Date : 2014-05-01
Waking The Buddha written by Clark Strand and has been published by Middleway Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-01 with Religion categories.
Is there more to Buddhism than sitting in silent meditation? Is modern Buddhism relevant to the problems of daily life? Does it empower individuals to transform their lives? Or has Buddhism become too detached, so still and quiet that the Buddha has fallen asleep? Waking the Buddha tells the story of the Soka Gakkai International, the largest, most dynamic Buddhist movement in the world today—and one that is waking up and shaking up Buddhism so it can truly work in ordinary people’s lives. Drawing on his long personal experience as a Buddhist teacher, journalist, and editor, Clark Strand offers broad insight into how and why the Soka Gakkai, with its commitment to social justice and its egalitarian approach, has become a role model, not only for other schools of Buddhism, but for other religions as well. Readers will be inspired by the struggles and triumphs of the Soka Gakkai’s three founding presidents—individuals who staked their lives on the teachings of the Lotus Sutra and the extraordinary power of those teachings to help people become happy.
Encountering The Dharma
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Author : Richard Hughes Seager
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2006-03-16
Encountering The Dharma written by Richard Hughes Seager and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-16 with Religion categories.
This engaging, deeply personal book, illuminating the search for meaning in today’s world, offers a rare insider’s look at Soka Gakkai Buddhism, one of Japan’s most influential and controversial religious movements, and one that is experiencing explosive growth around the world. Unique for its multiethnic make-up, Gakkai Buddhists can be found in more than 100 countries from Japan to Brazil to the United States and Germany. In Encountering the Dharma, Richard Seager, an American professor of religion trying to come to terms with the death of his wife, travels to Japan in search of the spirit of the Soka Gakkai. This book tells of his journey toward understanding in a compelling narrative woven out of his observations, reflections, and interviews, including several rare one-on-one meetings with Soka Gakkai president Daisaku Ikeda. Along the way, Seager also explores broad-ranging controversies arising from the Soka Gakkai’s efforts to rebuild post-war Japan, its struggles with an ancient priesthood, and its motives for propagating Buddhism around the world. One turning point in his understanding comes as Ikeda and the Soka Gakkai strike an authentically Buddhist response to the events of September 11, 2001.
Global Citizens
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Author : David W. Machacek
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Global Citizens written by David W. Machacek and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Soka Gakkai Buddhists categories.
This study of the Soka Gakkai Buddhist movement provides an historical overview of the importance of the movement as an educational reform society and its development into a sect of Nichiren Buddhism.
World Peace Through Inner Happiness
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Author : Lela Ryterski
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2023-06-28
World Peace Through Inner Happiness written by Lela Ryterski and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-28 with History categories.
Nichiren, a thirteenth-century Japanese Buddhist monk, discovered a secret teaching that presents a powerful, practical method to create inner happiness. It is known as a “wish-granting jewel” or a “cluster of blessings.” Practitioners of this method gain wisdom, courage, confidence, and fortune in their lives. In World Peace through Inner Happiness, Lela Ryterski provides a concise history of the development of this practice used today by the Soka Gakkai, the organization that emerged from Nichiren’s teachings. The Soka Gakkai has fostered a revolutionary worldwide Buddhist movement. Ms. Ryterski has been a member for over thirty-five years. She admits to having been a shy and timid person. Making wrong decisions and living according to others, she felt like a leaf in the wind. Through the practice of Nichiren Buddhism, she has become strong. She’s learned that she’s an important person, and so is everyone. We’re all born because we have a mission, and we’re on this path together. By infusing society with this teaching, we can transform the world from one mired in suffering to one of peace. World Peace through Inner Happiness gives a rational account of how to make the impossible possible. You cannot do all the good that the world needs, but the world needs all the good that you can do.
Soka Gakkai In America
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Author : Phillip E. Hammond
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Soka Gakkai In America written by Phillip E. Hammond and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Religion categories.
This is the first-ever in-depth study of the Soka Gakkai Buddhists in the United States of America (SGI-USA). Drawing on unprecedented access to the organization through surveys and interviews, it provides a definitive and revealing picture of one of the fastest-growing religions in the world. The authors shed light on contemporary American society and show how many members of SGI-USA are drawn from a growing `transmodern' subculture in America. In addition the book traces the development of the organization in the USA, examining how it adapted to the peculiar circumstances of America's cultural life and showing how SGI-USA became a very American phenomenon.
Global Civilization
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Author : Majid Tehranian
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2003-05-23
Global Civilization written by Majid Tehranian and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-05-23 with Political Science categories.
"Global Civilization" emerged from a series of conversations between two peace advocates of Japanese and Iranian origin. It covers the encounters between Buddhist and Islamic civilizations from the 7th century to the present. For all their cultural differences, Buddhism and Islam share a surprising number of intrinsic similarities. The topics discussed include such diverse subjects as the nature of religious faith today, global ideological terrorism, religious fanatacism and universal human rights. Ikeda and Tehranian, two important representatives of their respective faiths, propose dialogue as the most effective method of conflict resolution at interpersonal, intra-national and international levels. It is a call for tolerance, for dialogue and for peace.
Daisaku Ikeda And The Soka Gakkai International
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Author : Federico Carretta
language : en
Publisher: tab edizioni
Release Date : 2022-03-23
Daisaku Ikeda And The Soka Gakkai International written by Federico Carretta and has been published by tab edizioni this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-23 with History categories.
This study analyses the Peace Proposals to the UN formulated by Daisaku Ikeda, a Japanese political philosopher and religious leader of Sōka Gakkai International, supporter of the ideals of Engaged Buddhism. This NGO strives to contribute to world society through culture, peace activism, disaster relief, and education. Since 1983 Ikeda has written annual Peace Proposals, containing ideas from Buddhist humanism for viable responses to global issues, to support a strengthened role of the UN and encourage a sense of global citizenship. They give a non-Western centric point of view on major global issues and problems, providing innovative solutions for the pacifist movement all over the world.
The History And Theology Of Soka Gakkai
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Author : Daniel Alfred Metraux
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The History And Theology Of Soka Gakkai written by Daniel Alfred Metraux and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Religion categories.
The Soka Gakkai, with 10 million members, is seen as a critically important force in Japan and remains the biggest of Japan's new religions. Here, the author outlines the eschatological worldview of the Soka Gakkai and gives an analysis of its American branch. The text gives a picture of Soka Gakkai as a rather mature' or mellow religion grown older, both in membership and in institutional character. The religion is seen to have given up the rather aggressive proselytizing style and confrontational politics that made it notorious in Japan and among Soka Gokkai] bashers' in the West.