Daisaku Ikeda - age: 97

Daisaku Ikeda

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ABOUT

Entrepreneur, teacher, and religious figure who founded Soka Gakkai International, a lay Buddhist group with millions of followers. He served as president of Soka Gakkai, the original, Japanese chapter of the organization, from 1960 to 1979.He received more than three hundred honorary doctorates and published numerous books on topics of interest to the international Buddhist community.He has been criticized for his close friendship with and potential financial ties to Panamanian dictator and drug trafficker Manuel Noriega.

BEFORE FAME

He joined the Japanese Soka Gakkai organization when he was in his late teens and subsequently became a youth leader within the group.

PERSONAL LIFE

He and his wife, Kaneko, welcomed three sons between 1953 and 1958.

Famous Quotes
So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force.

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Religious Leader Daisaku Ikeda were born on Monday, in a leap year, birthstone is Garnet, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of Dragon, it is 364 days until Daisaku Ikeda next birthday.

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