Novels
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Esperia The New Human Revolution vols. 21/22
The autobiographical novel of Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI. 1975 is the founding year of the International Soka Gakkai. On January 26, representatives from more than fifty countries around the world gather on the island of Guam to celebrate the start of a worldwide peace movement. President Yamamoto is fresh from a trip to the United States during which he met with the U.N. secretary general and the U.S. secretary of state. It is the latest step in a series of initiatives he has taken to foster dialogue and détente among the world's great powers. The First World Peace Conference is an opportunity for Shin'ichi to reconfirm before all the assembled representatives the goal he was entrusted with by his mentor Josei Toda: "Mr. Toda, I will devote my whole life to realizing kosen rufu in the world in order to bring happiness and peace to all mankind." The Soka Gakkai president's people's diplomacy initiatives continue, and in April he leaves for a third trip to China, to be followed by another trip to the Soviet Union and Europe. The Soka Gakkai meanwhile continues to expand the scope of its activities. In July the city of Honolulu in the Hawai'i Islands hosts a major cultural festival that marks another new step in the kosen rufu movement around the world.
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Esperia The New Human Revolution vols. 5/6
The autobiographical novel of Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI. The October 1961 trip to Europe constitutes the start of the kosen rufu movement on the old continent. The following January a new leg of Shin'ichi Yamamoto's travels takes him to Asia Minor and the Middle East. The young president meets in each country with the very few pioneers of the Buddhist faith and encourages them to raise around him hosts of capable people. "The whole world will be the stage of the new century. In the farthest corners of the globe there are friends suffering in the agony of war, mothers torn by grief and children starving. Fresh water bubbling up from the ground can turn a desert into an oasis. Likewise, compassion and wisdom flowing from the heart can transfrom this planet into an authentic realm of peace and happiness, an eternal precious land. This is kosen rufu."
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Esperia The New Human Revolution vols. 19/20
The autobiographical novel of Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI. 1974: Shin'ichi Yamamoto's initiatives to spread a culture of peace bear fruit, and the kosen rufu movement begins to be understood even where it was previously viewed with suspicion. President Yamamoto travels to Panama, then to Peru, where he receives the keys to the city of Lima, and to California, where he is awarded honorary citizenship of San Diego. In Okinawa, the youth of the Soka Gakkai collect the experiences of World War II survivors, a valuable testimony that will serve as a warning for the future about the tragic consequences of the war.1974 is also the year Shin'ichi Yamamoto travels to China and the Soviet Union. The opening of friendly relations between the universities and his efforts to establish sincere dialogues are the beginning of a path toward friendship and trust between nations long hostile to each other. Toward the end of the year, President Yamamoto is back in Beijing, where a historic meeting is held that was wholeheartedly desired by China's seriously ill Premier Zhou Enlai. Yamamoto also later meets with U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to present his proposals aimed at international détente.
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Esperia The Hiroshima Notebook
A novel by Daisaku Ikeda set in Hiroshima. "An indomitable spirit, capable of enduring any adversity." This phrase kept echoing in the mind. Life is full of unhappiness and pain. When we know a setback, it may happen that we are overwhelmed by despair. But that suffering is the material with which we build our existence. One can blame fate and resign oneself to defeat, or one can resume life aiming for happiness -- it all depends on whether or not one has "an indomitable spirit, capable of enduring any adversity."
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Esperia The New Human Revolution vols. 7/8
The autobiographical novel of Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI. Volumes VII and VIII cover the chronicle of 1962 and 1963, years of great development both in Japan and abroad for the Soka Gakkai. While this sprouts seeds of hope in many countries, in South Korea the spread of Nichiren Buddhism triggers severe persecution of Gakkai members. In 1962, the Bay of Pigs crisis exposed the fragile balance of the Cold War, and only Kennedy's nerves averted the nightmare of an atomic war. The American president wishes to meet with Shin'Äôichi Yamamoto, but this meeting, equally desired by the president of the Soka Gakkai, will be canceled due to interference by some Japanese politicians. In 1963 Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. The event shocks the whole world and leaves President Yamamoto's heart with the regret of not having been able to dialogue with him; he nevertheless makes his own determination to carry forward the humanitarian ideals so dear to President Kennedy.
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Esperia The new human revolution vols. 3/4
The autobiographical novel of Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI. January 1961. Shin'ichi Yamamoto is about to make his first voyage to the Asian continent. Fifteen years have passed since the end of the world conflict, and all the countries of the Far East have experienced at first hand the horrors of the war unleashed by the Empire of the Rising Sun.The young president of the Soka Gakkai wholeheartedly desires to spread the dream of peace and happiness of the peoples of Asia that he inherited from his master and predecessor Josei Toda. A trip to Europe is scheduled to begin in early October, with the goal of kick-starting the kosen rufu movement on the old continent as well. "One sun illuminates the whole world. It is the same in the world of kosen rufu. One resolute person can protect all others and break through the darkness of society, heralding the dawn of justice."
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Esperia The new human revolution vols. 1/2
The autobiographical novel of Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI. May 3, 1960. A little more than two years after the death of his beloved maetro, Shin'ichi Yamamoto takes over as president of the Soka Gakkai. After fighting alongside Josei Toda for more than a decade, supporting him even in his darkest moments, Yamamoto is ready to embark on a new journey to spread Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism throughout the world.He must take the first steps and give concrete form to the dream that had animated Josei Toda's life. He feels he has understood the intimate meaning of the movement created by President Toda and begins his journey of peace on the American continent. "Nothing is more precious than peace. Nothing brings greater happiness. Peace is the starting point for the progress of humanity."
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Esperia Alexander's choice
A novel by Daisaku Ikeda on the theme of friendship.333 BC. Alexander the Great, aiming to conquer the East, contracts a serious illness. None among the wise men in his retinue can find a cure that can snatch him from death. But in the nocturnal quiet of the camp, as the disease slowly consumes his body, a tormenting doubt tears at his soul. Is the potion prepared for him by Philip, the faithful childhood friend and personal physician, a medicine or a poison? Quick as the wind, sent by one of his generals, a messenger on horseback arrives to deliver to him the letter on which the answer is inscribed: Philip is a traitor. The young and invincible king will then find himself wondering whether to heed the messenger and disown his lifelong friend, or to bring the cup to his lips and risk his life. The classical world meets Buddhist teaching and offers Master Ikeda an opportunity to celebrate, in a compelling and valuable book, the value of loyalty and friendship. True friendship is not based on calculation. Gold and wealth cannot buy it. It makes us better: it brings out our qualities, helps us make each other happy and, as we strive to do so, gives us joy. Therefore, the friend is like a second self; in friendship two people become one, and such a bond we can call it life.
€9,00
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