Sunanda Rantasa (Hexenkind)'s video: Music of the Cosmos

Daisaku Ikeda was born the fifth child in a family harvesting edible seaweed for a living. In his youth, Ikeda suffered from tuberculosis and was forced to confront from an early age uncertainty over his future. Central to Ikeda's thinking is the idea that a self-directed transformation within the life of each individual, rather than societal or structural reforms alone, holds the key to lasting peace and human happiness. This is expressed most succinctly in a passage in his best-known work, The Human Revolution: "A great revolution of character in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and, further, will cause a change in the destiny of humankind. On May 3, 1960, Daisaku Ikeda became the third president of SGI (Soka Gakkai International). He continues to provide leadership for the global SGI organization, which now includes members in more than 190 countries and territories. Ikeda has founded a number of educational and cultural institutions that seek to foster the values of peace, culture and education. The historical Buddha: Shakyamuni Siddhartha Gautama The Buddha of the later day of the law who declared Nam myoho renge kyo for the first time: Nichiren Daishonin