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Product Description: "Life is a drama of encounters," writes Daisaku Ikeda at the beginning of this dialogue: "Beautiful encounters. Momentary encounters. Each person's drama is unique." This particular encounter, between a celebrated Chinese novelist and prominent Japanese religious leader, illustrates the truth of that reflection: for in the discussion that resulted from their meetings, Jin Yong (who is sometimes called "the Asian Dumas") and Daisaku Ikeda were able to find remarkable common ground - what they refer to as a "karmic bond" - resulting from the particularity of their experiences in wartime and mutual resistance to adversity...read more
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9781848851986 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, June 30, 2012, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: "Life is a drama of encounters," writes Daisaku Ikeda at the beginning of this dialogue: "Beautiful encounters.

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Product Description: Once called 'the wellspring of the revolution' by Fidel Castro, Jose Marti (1853-1895) is revered as one of the greatest figures in the history of Cuba. Not only was he instrumental in the late 19th-century cause of securing Cuban independence from Spain...read more
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9781848851993 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, November 13, 2012, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Once called 'the wellspring of the revolution' by Fidel Castro, Jose Marti (1853-1895) is revered as one of the greatest figures in the history of Cuba.

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Product Description: Ikeda has worked for decades to bring the message of Buddhism to people the world over. This volume is a collection of speeches delivered at 18 universities, including UCLA, Moscow State University, and Harvard. Ikeda speaks on many topics, but his main themes are thoughts on human civilization; its mainfestations in education, literature, and art; and the search for a lasting peace for humanity...read more
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9780834803343 | Weatherhill, May 1, 1995, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Ikeda has worked for decades to bring the message of Buddhism to people the world over.

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Product Description: From the Japanese word meaning "to create value," this book presents a fresh perspective on the question of the ultimate purpose of education. Mixing American pragmatism and the Buddhist philosophy of respect for all life, the goal of Soka education is the lifelong happiness of the learner...read more
By John Dewey (introduced by), Daisaku Ikeda, Victor H. Kazanjian, Jr. (foreword by) and Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (introduced by)
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9780977924554 | Revised edition (Middleway Pr, September 1, 2010), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: From the Japanese word meaning "to create value," this book presents a fresh perspective on the question of the ultimate purpose of education.

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Product Description: In the nineteenth century, Nietzsche famously announced that God was dead. In the twentieth century, increasing reliance on science and technology led to a widespread rejection of belief on the grounds of its irrationality. Yet religion has not died...read more
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9781848851948 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, December 15, 2009, cover price $49.50 | About this edition: In the nineteenth century, Nietzsche famously announced that God was dead.

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9781848851955 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, November 15, 2009, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: In the nineteenth century, Nietzsche famously announced that God was dead.

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Product Description: “There is life hidden within stones. Only we human beings can give meaning to all things in the cosmos through thought and words." With these haunting and resonant words did Kyrgyz writer and novelist Chingiz Aitmatov, who died in June 2008, summarize the dialogue that he undertook with leading Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda...read more
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9781845119874 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, June 15, 2009, cover price $52.00 | About this edition: “There is life hidden within stones.

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Product Description: Austregésilo de Athayde, President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters for 34 years until his death in September 1993, is perhaps best remembered as one of the the most prominent and effective South American champions of human rights...read more
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9781845119881 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, June 15, 2009, cover price $52.00 | About this edition: Austregésilo de Athayde, President of the Brazilian Academy of Letters for 34 years until his death in September 1993, is perhaps best remembered as one of the the most prominent and effective South American champions of human rights.

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Product Description: "The seas do not separate us; rather, they bring us closer together." Daisaku Ikeda's opening words to this consistently wide-ranging dialogue set the scene for what follows. For the theme of the book is that of the meeting of minds that follows interaction between peoples who might be geographically distant but who share much in common...read more
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9781845119225 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, December 9, 2008, cover price $52.00 | About this edition: "The seas do not separate us; rather, they bring us closer together.

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9781845119232 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, December 9, 2008, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: "The seas do not separate us; rather, they bring us closer together.

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Product Description: East meets West to provide insight on solving the problems of the twenty-first century.
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9780867202786 | Jones & Bartlett Pub, July 21, 1992, cover price $109.95 | About this edition: East meets West to provide insight on solving the problems of the twenty-first century.

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9780867202779 | Jones & Bartlett Pub, May 1, 1992, cover price $53.95 | About this edition: East meets West to provide insight on solving the problems of the twenty-first century.

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Product Description: Linus Pauling is celebrated as one of the greatest scientific minds of the last century, whose decisive contributions to an astonishing diversity of fields--including organic and inorganic chemistry, quantum mechanics, molecular biology and medicine--still remain in many respects definitive...read more
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9781845118891 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, December 9, 2008, cover price $52.00 | About this edition: Linus Pauling is celebrated as one of the greatest scientific minds of the last century, whose decisive contributions to an astonishing diversity of fields--including organic and inorganic chemistry, quantum mechanics, molecular biology and medicine--still remain in many respects definitive.

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Product Description: Long before it became fashionable to talk of climate change, drought and water shortages, the authors of this lucid and trenchant dialogue were warning that planet earth was heading for uninhabitability. They exchange viewpoints and insights that have matured over many years of thought, study and reflection...read more
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9781845118884 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, December 9, 2008, cover price $52.00 | About this edition: Long before it became fashionable to talk of climate change, drought and water shortages, the authors of this lucid and trenchant dialogue were warning that planet earth was heading for uninhabitability.

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Product Description: In all his dialogues, the aim of Daisaku Ikeda has been to find a meeting point for the great traditions of East and West. As spiritual leader of an international lay Buddhist movement with eleven million followers, he is a knowledgeable spokesman for the Asian tradition...read more
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9781845115982 | Reissue edition (I B Tauris & Co Ltd, July 8, 2008), cover price $42.00 | About this edition: In all his dialogues, the aim of Daisaku Ikeda has been to find a meeting point for the great traditions of East and West.

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Product Description: In a spontaneously wide-ranging conversation one winter evening in Japan, sociologist of religion Bryan Wilson and Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda recognized the importance of explaining and learning about their respective worldviews...read more
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9781845115975 | Reissue edition (I B Tauris & Co Ltd, July 8, 2008), cover price $52.00 | About this edition: In a spontaneously wide-ranging conversation one winter evening in Japan, sociologist of religion Bryan Wilson and Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda recognized the importance of explaining and learning about their respective worldviews.

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Product Description: How far do cultures affect the future of the planet? Can the debate on the environment and global warming be influenced by the cultures of East and West understanding each other better?  In this consistently provocative dialogue, two of the most influential thinkers of recent times propose that only a 'human revolution' - a shift in the hearts and minds of individuals - can stimulate a revolution in humanity's relationship with the planet...read more
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9781845115999, titled "A Dialogue Between East and West: Looking to a Human Revolution" | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, May 13, 2008, cover price $52.00 | About this edition: How far do cultures affect the future of the planet?

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9781845116002, titled "A Dialogue Between East and West: Looking to a Human Revolution" | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, May 13, 2008, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: How far do cultures affect the future of the planet?

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Product Description: Since the earliest days of human history, and in all cultures, religion and art have always complemented one another. But the intellectual and spiritual dimension of this interaction has all too often been taken for granted and is never properly explored...read more
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9781845115968 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, January 22, 2008, cover price $52.00 | About this edition: Since the earliest days of human history, and in all cultures, religion and art have always complemented one another.

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Product Description: Arnold J Toynbee was a historian whose 12-volume A Study of History had a huge impact on the thinking of his day. This epic, multi-volume work offered a grand synthesis of world history from the global perspective of the rise and fall of civilizations, rather than concentrating on the history of nation-states or of ethnic groups...read more
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9781845115951 | Reprint edition (I B Tauris & Co Ltd, January 8, 2008), cover price $52.00 | About this edition: Arnold J Toynbee was a historian whose 12-volume A Study of History had a huge impact on the thinking of his day.

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Product Description: In a spontaneously wide-ranging conversation one winter evening in Japan, sociologist of religion Bryan Wilson and Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda recognized the importance of explaining and learning about their respective worldviews...read more
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9780818404276 | Lyle Stuart, May 1, 1987, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: In a spontaneously wide-ranging conversation one winter evening in Japan, sociologist of religion Bryan Wilson and Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda recognized the importance of explaining and learning about their respective worldviews.
9780356104799 | Harpercollins, February 1, 1985, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: In a spontaneously wide-ranging conversation one winter evening in Japan, sociologist of religion Bryan Wilson and Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda recognized the importance of explaining and learning about their respective worldviews.

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Product Description: Since the earliest days of human history, and in all cultures, religion and art have always complemented one another. But the intellectual and spiritual dimension of this interaction has all too often been taken for granted and is never properly explored...read more
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9780834802384 | Weatherhill, September 1, 1991, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Since the earliest days of human history, and in all cultures, religion and art have always complemented one another.

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Product Description: In the tradition of the great philosophers, the two authors of this book engage in a dialogue on fundamental issues, including tradition and modernization, humanism in the East and the West, and the role of ethics and religion in contemporary society...read more
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9780834802520 | 1 edition (Weatherhill, September 1, 1993), cover price $32.50 | About this edition: In the tradition of the great philosophers, the two authors of this book engage in a dialogue on fundamental issues, including tradition and modernization, humanism in the East and the West, and the role of ethics and religion in contemporary society.

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Product Description: Based on the tenets of the Japanese monk Nichiren, these guides provide insight and advice on injecting Buddhist philosophies into one’s relationships and spirituality. Drawing on ancient themes of compassion and happiness, these compilations distill the essence of Buddhist scripture...read more
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9780972326766 | Middleway Pr, March 30, 2007, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Based on the tenets of the Japanese monk Nichiren, these guides provide insight and advice on injecting Buddhist philosophies into one’s relationships and spirituality.

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Product Description: Based on the tenets of the Japanese monk Nichiren, these guides provide insight and advice on injecting Buddhist philosophies into one’s relationships and spirituality. Drawing on ancient themes of compassion and happiness, these compilations distill the essence of Buddhist scripture...read more
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9780972326797 | Middleway Pr, February 7, 2007, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Based on the tenets of the Japanese monk Nichiren, these guides provide insight and advice on injecting Buddhist philosophies into one’s relationships and spirituality.

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Product Description: Based on the tenets of the Japanese monk Nichiren, these guides provide insight and advice on injecting Buddhist philosophies into one’s relationships and spirituality. Drawing on ancient themes of compassion and happiness, these compilations distill the essence of Buddhist scripture...read more
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9780972326780 | Middleway Pr, February 7, 2007, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Based on the tenets of the Japanese monk Nichiren, these guides provide insight and advice on injecting Buddhist philosophies into one’s relationships and spirituality.

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Product Description: One of the "inventors" of the nuclear bomb, Sir Joseph Rotblat very soon turned away from weapons research to make a prolonged and principled stand against the dangers of nuclear proliferation. A physicist of great brilliance, he metamorphosed into a campaigner of admired moral conviction and leadership...read more
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9781845112783 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, December 26, 2006, cover price $56.00 | About this edition: One of the "inventors" of the nuclear bomb, Sir Joseph Rotblat very soon turned away from weapons research to make a prolonged and principled stand against the dangers of nuclear proliferation.

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9781845112790 | I B Tauris & Co Ltd, December 26, 2006, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: One of the "inventors" of the nuclear bomb, Sir Joseph Rotblat very soon turned away from weapons research to make a prolonged and principled stand against the dangers of nuclear proliferation.

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Product Description: With brief, easily absorbed wisdom from the precepts of Nichiren, a 13th-century Buddhist priest, this collection of day-to-day musings can be enjoyed by casual readers and devoted followers alike. Covering a wide span of topics—from life and death to courage and winning—the practical information and encouragement are ideal for those seeking to find a deeper understanding of this ancient philosophy...read more
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9780972326759 | Middleway Pr, November 1, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: With brief, easily absorbed wisdom from the precepts of Nichiren, a 13th-century Buddhist priest, this collection of day-to-day musings can be enjoyed by casual readers and devoted followers alike.

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Product Description: Based on the tenets of the Japanese monk Nichiren, these guides provide insight and advice on injecting Buddhist philosophies into one’s relationships and spirituality. Drawing on ancient themes of compassion and happiness, these compilations distill the essence of Buddhist scripture...read more
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9780972326773 | Middleway Pr, November 1, 2006, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Based on the tenets of the Japanese monk Nichiren, these guides provide insight and advice on injecting Buddhist philosophies into one’s relationships and spirituality.

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