Peace, Value, and Wisdom : : The Educational Philosophy of Daisaku Ikeda / / George David Miller.

• Superior document: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 122
• VerfasserIn: Miller, George David
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2002.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 122.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This book introduces readers to the Buddhist-based philosophy of education of Daisaku Ikeda. Ikeda's philosophy of education offers human revolution, value creation, and dialogue as counterweights to the violence lurking in today's classrooms. Where education becomes wisdom-based, it transforms learners into keen assessors of their inner lives and establishes a foundation for global citizenship.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations -- Foreword by Lawrence Edward Carter, Sr. -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. The Life Work of Daisaku Ikeda: Peace Through Education -- 2. The Burden of Introduction -- 3. Organization of the Book -- 4. The Search for Wisdom: Spirituality in Education -- 5. Soka Education -- PART ONE -- BLENDING BUDDHISM AND HUMANISM -- ONE The Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin -- 1. Nichiren Daishonin and His Impact on Ikeda -- 2. The Buddhism Nichiren Daishonin Inherits -- 3. 1253: The Revolution Begins -- 4. The Egalitarian and Inclusive Nature of Enlightenment -- TWO The Humanism of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi -- 1. Challenging Authority -- 2. Humanist Manifesto I and Makiguchi's Philosophy of Education -- A. Specific Needs, Specific Philosophies of Life -- B. Happiness as Individual Fulfillment and Shared Experience -- C. Value Creation -- D. The Reorientation of Responsibility -- 3. Makiguchi's Philosophy of Education: A Brief Evaluation -- THREE Five Kinds of Eyes -- FOUR The Ten States of Being -- 1. From the Prison of Hell to the Eternity of Buddhahood -- A. Hell (The First Evil Path) -- B. Hungry Spirits (The Second Evil Path) -- C. Animals (The Third Evil Path) -- D. Asura or Warlike Demons (The Fourth Evil Path) -- E. Human Beings -- F. Heavenly Beings -- G. Voice-Hearers -- H. Cause-Awakened Ones -- I. Bodhisattva -- J. Buddhahood -- FIVE Three Thousand Realms in a Single Moment of Life -- 1. The 3,000 Possible Worlds or Ichinen Sanzen -- 2. The Three Realms -- 3. The Ten Factors -- 4. The 3,000 Worlds and the Holistic Person -- SIX The Causality of Karma -- SEVEN The Nine Consciousnesses and the Greater and Lesser Self -- EIGHT Kōsen-Rufu -- NINE Value Creation -- TEN Enlightenment -- PART TWO -- IKEDA'S MAJOR PRINCIPLES AND VIRTUES -- ELEVEN Compassionate Revolution -- TWELVE Cosmic Citizenship -- THIRTEEN Peaceful Competition -- FOURTEEN Completeness and Incompleteness 61 -- FIFTEEN Self-Mastery -- SIXTEEN Philosophically Based Education -- SEVENTEEN Hope as a Moral Virtue -- EIGHTEEN Trust and Harmony -- NINETEEN Faith and Ultimate Meaning -- TWENTY The Superrational -- PART THREE -- IMAGINARY DIALOGUES -- TWENTY-ONE Lao Tzu's Hierarchy of Effective Leadership -- TWENTY-TWO Plato's Notion of Mass Enlightenment -- TWENTY-THREE John Stuart Mill's Higher and Lower Pleasures -- TWENTY-FOUR Alfred North Whitehead's Inert Ideas -- TWENTY-FIVE John Dewey's Participatory Education -- TWENTY-SIX Antonio Gramsci's Organic Intellectual -- TWENTY-SEVEN Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Tough-Mindedness and Tender-Heartedness -- TWENTY-EIGHT Paulo Freire's Circles of Certainty -- TWENTY-NINE Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences -- THIRTY George David Miller's Revolutionary Breaks -- PART FOUR -- MEETING TODAY'S EDUCATIONAL -- CHALLENGES ON IKEDA'S TERMS -- THIRTY-ONE Chalk, Erasers, and Violence in the Classroom -- THIRTY-TWO Self-Esteem and the Enduring Self -- THIRTY-THREE Reductionism and Compartmentalization -- THIRTY-FOUR Nihilism and Apathy -- THIRTY-FIVE Intolerance -- CONCLUSION -- 1. International Education -- 2. School Systems -- 3. The General Curriculum -- 4. Teachers and Students -- 5. Addendum -- Epilogue by Mark Roelof Eleveld -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 1. Writings of Daisaku Ikeda -- 2. Other Works Cited -- About the Author -- Appendix: Photographs -- Index 187.