Spread Your Wings Toward the Future

Daisaku Ikeda has spent a lifetime traveling for peace around the world. In these essays about countries from Canada and Chile to Russia and Spain to Thailand and India, you'll learn about the places he's been, the people he's met, and the wisdom he's learned. Most of all you'll be inspired to ta...

Daisaku Ikeda was born in Tokyo on January 2, 1928. He joined the Soka Gakkai in 1947 and became its third president in May 1960. A prolific author and peace activist, he has received scores of honorary doctorates and other awards and has founded educational and cultural institutions around the w...