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Esperia editions The Eternal City
The novel opens with the 1900 Jubilee in Rome, at the height of the diatribe between the Vatican and the Italian state over the temporal power of the Church. Against this backdrop are the social claims of the time, animated by a Christian socialism with which Caine himself was imbued. Davide Rossi is a Leftist deputy who fights for the people and opposes a corrupt prime minister, who will try to prevent the crowning romance between Rossi and Donna Roma Volonna. Caine lingered in Rome for a long time, visiting every place depicted in the novel; the descriptions of Regina Coeli, the Vatican and its ceremonies, the city's fashionable places and its squares teeming with ordinary people restore the climate of the time. The book is imbued with a religious sense of life, and the characters, even the most abject, are described compassionately, as a true investigator of the human soul. Reading this text more than a century after its release one cannot but be struck by the author's visionary ability: he foresaw for Italy, albeit in terms of "fantapolitics," the dictatorship, the abdication of the monarchy and the birth of the Republic, forty years in advance. Thomas Henry Hall Caine (1853-1931) wrote some fifteen novels, true best-sellers, which earned him the title of "Sir" in 1917. The Isle of Sin (1894) is the best known of his works, thanks to A. Hitchcock's film adaptation in 1929. The Christian (1897) was the first book to sell one million copies in England. Pietro Mascagni set the stage version of The Eternal City to music in 1902.
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Esperia editions Readings from my youth
Daisaku Ikeda's essays on literary masterpieces. Daisaku Ikeda's fervent passion for reading shines through the pages of this book. This tour of world literature-books, the author tells us, that helped form the "spiritual structure" of his life-will be inspiring. Throughout the chapters we meet heroes, revolutionaries and villains. We hear poets sing their praises to the human spirit and engage alongside philosophers who challenged the established order and illuminated a new way forward. Be moved by the author's words as you discover how great literature can enrich and strengthen Buddhist practice and help bring peace and justice to the world today.
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Esperia Alarm bell for the 21st century
Rebuilding a healthy and harmonious relationship with Nature, addressing the issue of population growth, coming to terms with the problems of energy resources, and putting an end to conflicts that destroy entire peoples and ecosystems. These are topics that over the past thirty years have been addressed on several occasions from many points of view and have in Aurelio Peccei a true forerunner. Founder of the Club of Rome and promoter of the famous report entitled The Limits of Development, he tackled together with SGI President Daisaku Ikeda many issues that still impose themselves, even more urgently, on our attention today. The task the two authors took on was onerous, especially because of the obvious difficulty of "singing out of the choir," that is, trying to stimulate a major international debate on topics that few were willing to question. But it is precisely in this that one recognizes the caliber of the great protagonists, who become bearers of messages that transcend the present moment and urge us to build a clear vision of the future.
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Esperia editions Buddhism in China
This volume, the third in the series on the history of Buddhism published by the Soka Gakkai, describes the fascinating journey of Buddhism's transformation into a world religion through its spread from India, the Buddha's homeland, to China and beyond.Author Daisaku Ikeda, president of the International Soka Gakkai, recounts, through a lively narrative, the stories of the traders and monks who first brought Buddhism to China along the Silk Road, as well as the lives of the Chinese Buddhist masters of that time, the development of the various Buddhist schools-especially the Tiantai school, which later exerted great influence in Japan-and the subsequent decline of Buddhism in China after the bitter persecutions that struck it in the 10th century.In the text, the wisdom and vision of key figures such as the great translator Kumarajiva and the Buddhist master Tiantai Zhiyi are foregrounded, and in doing so the author offers significant reflections on the role of Buddhism in Chinese society and, by extension, as a whole, and charts the course the religion should follow to meet the needs of the times, then and now.
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Esperia editions The light of learning
This new collection of texts on education-many of which were previously published in a volume entitled Soka Education-is the result of a selection of works written by Daisaku Ikeda, Buddhist philosopher and founder of the Soka school system, over the course of nearly five decades. The texts, which range from educational proposals and university lectures to personal essays, not only delve into the meaning of soka education (education for the creation of value), but offer a hope-filled view of the power of education to bring happiness to people and bring about world peace.
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Esperia The lessons of victory
The Teachings of Victory series collects 57 lectures by Daisaku Ikeda on the Gosho, the writings of Nichiren Daishonin, compiled over a period of about six years. The series represents a milestone within Ikeda's vast body of work aimed at enabling those who embrace Nichiren Daishonin's teaching to understand the profound Buddhist principles contained in the Gosho, and, standing alongside the other series already published, it adds up to a significant body of lectures. Collected in two volumes for ease of reference, these lectures by Daisaku Ikeda help us understand the spirit in which the Daishonin addressed his disciples and, by showing us the way to manifest the Buddha's vital condition in the contemporary world, they are a lifelong read. "Every word, every sentence of the Gosho is imbued with the spirit of the Buddha, the spirit of helping people manifest their inner potential." - Daisaku Ikeda
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Esperia editions Words to Live By
We all want to become the best version of ourselves, to be happy, to help others, to make a difference; we all want to "shine" in some way. Throughout our lives we cultivate dreams and aspirations, nurture hopes, make decisions. Along the way, we may come across just at the right time a profound thought or "wisdom pill" that helps us persevere through difficult times. Such a motto or phrase can determine the course of our existence.In this book we have collected 201 quotes that we hope will become words to treasure and draw inspiration from. About half of the quotes are from Daisaku Ikeda's writings and lectures, while the others are words from writers, philosophers, activists, artists, scientists, Nobel laureates and poets from almost every continent and era, which Ikeda has shared with his readers and interlocutors over the years. "The life of a human being is a succession of changes. What seemed stable and unchanging until yesterday can suddenly change today, for the better or for the worse. Conveying us strength in this sea of change are guidelines that illuminate the correct path to take, words of encouragement that revitalize us, especially in the midst of difficulties. "Daisaku Ikeda
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Esperia The new human revolution vol. 27
The year 1978, which was designated as the "Year of Study" and whose events are described in this volume, saw Shin'ichi Yamamoto engaged in a series of trips to various prefectures and regions of Japan. In meeting with members and leaders, Shin'ichi takes every opportunity to extend warm encouragement and guidance to them, in which he lavishes his whole being, never sparing himself. During meetings, sometimes even informal ones, Shin'ichi reiterates the fundamental principles that underlie the Soka Gakkai, such as the importance of personal encouragement and the meaning and function of discussion meetings. He also pledges to visit the pioneers in those areas, whose homes for years have served as the base of operations for local activities, to thank them personally.In addition, on April 9, 1978, the Tokyo Soka Elementary School is inaugurated.Shin'ichi Yamamoto thus sees the goal, so dear to his teacher Toda and the first Soka Gakkai president Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, of completing an entire Soka school system, from kindergarten to postgraduate studies, based on Makiguchi's educational ideals, realized. For Shin'ichi, it is also the realization of his commitment to raising capable individuals, based on the belief that young people are the leaders of the future.
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