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Daisaku Ikeda was a 20th-century Japanese religious leader. Daisaku Ikeda was a philospher, peace-builder, SGI Buddhist leader, author, poet, educator and nuclear disarmament advocate. He served as the third president and then honorary president of the Soka Gakkai, which is considered among the largest of Japan's new religious movements. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it

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