May 17: The latest offering from our archives is this 1994 talk with Confucian scholar Tu Weiming. The core subject is "the dialogue of civilizations."
“Be the heart of a network of global citizens
Be a bridge for dialogue between civilizations
Be a beacon lighting the way to a century of life”
~ Daisaku Ikeda
Welcome
The Ikeda Center is an institute for peace, learning, and dialogue located in Cambridge, Mass. Since 1993, we have been engaging diverse scholars, activists, and social innovators in the search for the ideas and solutions that will assist in the peaceful evolution of humanity.
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About Daisaku Ikeda
Daisaku Ikeda, founder of the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue, is a Buddhist thinker and leader, peace builder, prolific writer and poet, educator, and proponent and practitioner of wide-ranging dialogue.
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Core Convictions
Seven core convictions drive our work. The first is that dialogue and mutual understanding are inseparable and needed more then ever.
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WHAT'S NEW?
May 9: To celebrate our 20th anniversary we are presenting previously unposted articles from the Center's early years. Our first is this interview with Columbia University's Robert Thurman.
April 20: Read a new essay covering some of the many high points from our April 6th seminar featuring Profs. Jim Garrison and Larry Hickman in dialogue with local university students.
Please click on this link to read our thoughts on the tragic and destructive events of Monday, April 15, 2013.
On Saturday April 6th we hosted a seminar in which Jim Garrison and Larry Hickman, both scholars of educational philosophy, engaged in dialogue with a gathering of Boston-area university students.
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Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue
396 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Phone: (617) 491.1090 Fax: (617) 491.1169
