In the provocative discussions comprising this collection, scholars Ronald A. Bosco and Joel Myerson and Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda explore the multifaceted, enduring legacy of Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. In the process they challenge and inspire the reader to do as these great figures once did—to look deep inside oneself to discover potential for growth, to encounter the natural world with reverence and delight, and to express themselves with poetry and imagination. With great appreciation for the timeless and universal relevance of the American Renaissance, Bosco, Myerson, and Ikeda encourage each person to lead lives of greatness and to do nothing less than create Waldens of their own.

Creating Waldens: An East-West Conversation on the American Renaissance

Literature & Fiction

Ronald A. Bosco

Joel Myerson

DAISAKU IKEDA

United States

Dialogue Path Press

Through these 15 intimate conversations, Elise Boulding, an American Quaker, and Daisaku Ikeda, a Japanese Buddhist, reveal that while journeys in peace may build from vastly divergent locales and traditions, shared wisdom grows from an unwavering commitment to a better world. Throughout the book, they explore the dynamic qualities of peace cultures, including peace building as a continuum from the family to global institutions, the valuing of women’s contributions at all levels of society, and education as a holistic, lifelong process. Unique in their fresh connections between Buddhist humanism and a Quaker vision of peace, the conversations enable readers to understand peace and peacemaking not as abstract concepts, but as attitudes and practices that inform every aspect of human life.

Into Full Flower: Making Peace Cultures Happen

Ikeda, Daisaku

Boulding, Elise

Religion & Spirituality

In the 16 spirited conversations comprising this volume, authors Lou Marinoff and Daisaku Ikeda revive and celebrate philosophy as an accessible source of wisdom and courage for everyone. For Marinoff and Ikeda, the philosophies of Shakyamuni Buddha, Lao Tzu, Confucius, Aristotle, and Socrates are as relevant now as when first articulated more than 2,000 years ago. They are motivated by the conviction that philosophy should do nothing less than help draw forth an inner strength to face and surpass life’s inevitable hardships and challenges—showing here that wisdom is never out of reach and opportunities for positive transformation are many.

The Inner Philosopher: Conversations on Philosophy's Transformative Power

Politics & Social Sciences

MARINOFF, LOU

Philosophy

This illuminating dialogue between Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda and Vincent Harding, a friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., recounts the historic events of the American civil rights movement, with an emphasis on the spiritual and philosophical values and ideas that they believe should guide all modern experiments in democracy. It sheds light on the contributions of major leaders such as King, Gandhi, and Obama, while also calling attention to the roles played by women and "ordinary people" in social justice struggles. Divided into 16 conversations, including chapters on character, encouragement, influence, and revolution, it reveals how the movement’s victories expressed a profound vision of freedom and equality through nonviolent social change. Above all, Harding and Ikeda offer a cross-cultural perspective with a core message of hope and human possibility.

America Will Be!: Conversations on Hope, Freedom, and Democracy

Harding, Vincent

History

In this inspirational discourse, scholar Sarah Wider and Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda celebrate the great spiritual and literary figures, East and West, who have inspired their own work as educators, poets, and peace builders, including both the men and the women of the American Renaissance. They reserve their highest praise, though, for the lesser-known influences, especially teachers and mothers, whose humble, compassionate actions provide the truest foundation for the realization of ever-greater peace. Ultimately, the book is a tribute to the bonds that give life meaning. These bonds are the ones built between friends and family; those who teach and those we might learn from; with the great thinkers of the past who live on in books, poetry, and art; with nature; and most of all with the best version of ourselves.

The Art of True Relations: Conversations on the Poetic Heart of Human Possibility

Wider, Sarah

History & Criticism

Three experts collaborate in this passionate and rewarding dialogue on the legacy of the great American philosopher and educator John Dewey (1859–1952). Focused on growth and the creation of value within the context of real life, Dewey’s pragmatic philosophy shares much with humanistic Buddhism. These similarities, which arise throughout the book, add richness to a dialogue already overflowing with faith in our capacity to find common ground and expand human well being in our rapidly globalizing world. For Dewey, individual and social potential alike are unlimited. Readers will come away ready to embrace rather than fear the increasing complexity of our world.

Living as Learning: John Dewey in the 21st Century

GARRISON, JIM

Hickman, Larry

Discussing the core, shared values of Hinduism and Buddhism, the authors examine international movements aimed at the development and protection of human rights, the elimination of nuclear weapons, and the creation of international legal frameworks to punish war crimes and crimes against humanity. The expansive dialogue demonstrates that it is but a short leap — or no leap at all — from the personal practice of religion to resolute support for the emerging norms and institutions of global civil society. Readers, religious or not, will come away with a powerful sense of hope for the shared global future.

Our World To Make: Hinduism, Buddhism, and the Rise of Global Civil Society

Nanda, Ved

What is to be done? No challenge summons this question more urgently than the global challenge of transitioning to clean, efficient, and renewable energy sources. This is the question that the authors have set out to answer. Over the course of eight probing conversations, the authors consider the strategies that will point toward a sustainable future and the changes of heart and mind that will inspire the will and strength to achieve it. The authors urge readers to build a future based on a deeper appreciation for the shared humanity and the planet.

Knowing Our Worth: Conversations on Energy and Sustainability

Weizsäcker, Ernst Ulrich von

Buddhism

Peace and justice are frequently invoked as ideals. They often end up mere slogans. In their new dialogue book, Peace, Justice, and the Poetic Mind, co-authors Stuart Rees and Daisaku Ikeda share ideas on how to avoid this fate. A number of commitments make this possible. There is the commitment, not to any ideology, but to protecting and nurturing the dignity of all people. There is the commitment to nonviolence as a "law for life." There is the commitment to create the conditions for peace across every sector of society. And, finally, there is a commitment to embracing poetry and what Dr. Rees calls "the poetic mind" as the creative tools par excellence for envisioning and realizing a future in which peace and justice are one.

Peace, Justice, and the Poetic Mind

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