This volume contains several excerpts from President Ikeda's writings, selected from an immense variety of sources spanning many decades and including speeches, essays, lectures and dialogues. Sharing with readers his profound knowledge, enriched by his own personal experience, Daisaku Ikeda outlines the distinctive features of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism, a teaching that enables all people to manifest the inherent Buddha nature of their lives, leading them to absolute happiness.
Daisaku Ikeda also guides us to understand that the happiness of the individual is closely related to the happiness of others and makes clear how important it is to be happy in life as well as at the time of death.
"To this day I still vividly remember the conversation I had with my teacher Josei Toda, the day I first met him, "There is something I would like you to explain to me," [...] "Sure, ask whatever you want." "Sir, what is the correct way to live?" With strong conviction he introduced me to Nichiren Daishonin's philosophy of life, encouraging me to study it and put it into practice with youthful energy by cultivating noble ideals. Since that time, I have relentlessly walked the path of master and disciple."
Daisaku Ikeda, from the Preface.
Revised and updated edition of the book previously published under the title What is Happiness
