Journey of life : selected poems of Daisaku Ikeda / [Daisaku Ikeda].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ikeda, Daisaku, author.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Ikeda, Daisaku--Translations into English.

Ikeda, Daisaku.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (805 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

Language Note:

Translated into English from the originals in Japanese.

Summary:

Whether through lyrical celebrations of the wonders of nature; paeans to the steadfastness of women; or salutations to the world leaders who have in their various ways provided inspiration to his lifelong devotion to the causes of peace, justice and education, Daisaku Ikeda in his poems expresses unwavering commitment to the development of a humanistic global culture. These translations, the first of a three-volume collection and based on the Japanese Complete Works of Daisaku Ikeda (Ikeda Daisaku zenshu), cover the years 1945-2007, and explore the many subjects to which the leader of the Soka

Contents:

Cover; About the author; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Translator's note; Poems; Blossoms that scatter; Fuji and the poet; Morigasaki beach; Offering prayers at mount fuji; I offer this to you; Travelers; Spring breezes; Autumn wind; Daybreak; The crisp day we parted; To my young friends; Pampas grass; The people; Weeds; Mother; Song of the crimson dawn; Youth, scale the mountain of kosen rufu of the twenty first century; Days of value; My mentor, josei toda; Arise, the sun of the century; Toll the bell of the new renaissance; Dunhuang; Like mount fuji

The lion's land, mother indiaYouthful country with a shining future; Be an eternal bastion of peace; Embracing the skies of kirghiz; Banner of humanism, path of justice; Mother of art, the sunlight of happiness; Shine brilliantly! crown of the mother of the philippines; May the laurels of kings adorn your lives; Like the sun rising; Cosmic traveler, our century's premier violinist; The sun of jiyu over a new land; Salute to mothers; Unfurl the banner of youth; The poet-warrior of the spirit; May the fragrant laurels of happiness adorn your life; The noble voyage of life

Standing among the ruins of takiyama castleThe path to a peaceful world, a garden for humankind; Together holding aloft laurels of the people's poetry; Eternally radiant champion of humanity; August 15-The dawn of a new day; Salute to the smiling faces of the twenty first century; The promise of a majestic peace; The triumph of the human spirit; Pampas grass, the poet's friend; In praise of morning glories-a flower loved by all; Salute to poets; Glossary; Bibliography; Appendix

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780857723802

0857723804

9780755624218

0755624211

9780857735621

0857735624

OCLC:

881607748