Previous Years

2009 Focus

Humanizing Our Lives, Humanizing Our World

During 2009, the Center explored the topic "Humanizing Our Lives, Humanizing Our World.” We chose this focus as a way of exploring the reality that the health and humanity of each person is intertwined with the health and happiness of the world as a whole.

• Read articles and essays from the 2009 focus.
• Read about 2009 events.

2008 Focus

Understanding Death, Appreciating Life

During 2008, the Center explored the topic "Understanding Death, Appreciating Life.” We chose this focus based on founder Daisaku Ikeda’s assertion that a major challenge facing humanity today is “establishing a culture — based on an understanding of life and death and of life's essential eternity — that does not disown death, but directly confronts and correctly positions death within a larger living context.”

• Read articles and essays from the 2008 focus.
• Read about 2008 events.

Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue
396 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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