Life: An enigma, a precious jewel [Import] [Hardcover]

Daisaku Ikeda (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha International (1982)
• ISBN-10: 4770009941
• ISBN-13: 978-4770009944
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,331,231 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Daisaku Ikeda is the president of the Soka Gakkai International and the founder of the Soka University of America. He is the author of For the Sake of Peace, Unlocking the Mysteries, and The Way of Youth.

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life - An Enigma, A Precious Jewel, March 13, 2000

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This review is from: Life: An Enigma, a Precious Jewel (Hardcover)

Scientists have probed matter and discovered the world of atoms. Yet, while the limits of the known cosmos are being increasingly pushed back, life, the closest thing, remains a mystery.

Shakyamuni viewed life from a different perspective. He believed that life is not an abstract concept, but rather, it involves living in the world and achieving enlightenment in the midst of reality, while coping with joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain.

In writing this book, Daisaku Ikeda has sought to reveal the relationship linking the mystery of life as interpreted by Buddhism with empirical deductions of science, explaining spatial and temporal aspects of life, self-realization, and the Buddhist interpretation of death.

The author also explores the great life force inherent in the universe as it works in the context of daily human activities. For this he frequently draws from scientific analysis as well as the traditions of East and West. He hopes that the reader will rediscover what they are and live in a truly human way.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Lucid Explanation of the Buddhist View of Life, May 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Life: An Enigma, a Precious Jewel (Hardcover)

Soka Gakkai International President Daisaku Ikeda gives a passionate and lucid explanation of the very nature of "life," "spirit," and the existence of "life after death." This now classic work, first published in 1982, is sometimes available here on Amazon.com in paperback.