In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Ikeda Center held a special Dialogue Nights event to honor the hundreds of thousands of innocent people who died and the hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) who continue to courageously share their testimonies.
For the second Dialogue Nights of 2025, the Ikeda Center invited Eliza O’Neil of the Constructive Dialogue Institute (CDI) to introduce her organization’s unique approach to the art and practice of dialogue.
The first Dialogue Nights of 2025, held on January 31, focused on a key aspect of becoming more effective practitioners of dialogue, namely, understanding one’s communication style.
A high-spirited crowd of more than 50 attendees gathered for this August 2024 event, which focused on the ways that all of us can healthily navigate the modern world, full of so many anxiety-inducing factors and forces.
The highest-attended Dialogue Nights since the easing of pandemic restrictions tackled the perennial question of how best to recognize one’s most authentic self and bring it to all one’s interactions.
The first Dialogue Nights of 2024 operated under the assumption that stress is, in the words of event moderator Preandra Noel, a “shared reality” for all of us these days, whether it’s “with work, with relationships,” or just with “the state of the world.”
The Ikeda Center's 30th anniversary slate of events concluded with a Dialogue Nights devoted to the topic: “The Courage to Dialogue: The Surest Path to Peace.”
What does it take to restore our humanity? This simple but ambitious question served as the focus for the fourth Dialogue Nights of 2023, held on August 4th.
Meeting a core challenge put forth in Daisaku Ikeda’s 1993 Harvard lecture, "Mahayana Buddhism and 21st Century Civilization," the third Dialogue Nights explored the topic “What Can Death Teach Us About Life? A Conversation.”
