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Japan Soka Gakkai Soka Concept Study

Posted on:2008-08-28Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W ZhuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360215491799Subject:Foreign philosophy
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Through sorting out the ideas of Value-Creating of Japanese Soka Gakkai, this paperdiscoursed the content and value to the ideas of Value-Creating from three differenttimes—The origin of the ideas of Value-Creating; The rudiment of the ideas ofValue-Creating; The institute of the ideas of Value-Creating.In the time of the origin of the ideas of Value-Creating, the ideas ofValue-Creating is a theory system which was developing, perfecting, constructingcontinuously, the religion of Lotus Sutra Japanese Soka Gakkai, Japanese Soka Gakkaifor short, which is one of the religion of Lotus Sutra believer organization. It beganin 1930. The religion of Lotus Sutra regard "Saddharmspundarika-sutra" as classics.It attracted that five principles and three secret codes and it regard singing"Saddharmspundarika-sutra" as the title of this religion. The core of the ideas ofValue-Creating is Soka Gakkai, that is to create the value of life in whole.In the time of the rudiment of the ideas of Value-Creating, the ideas ofValue-Creating mainly reflected at the first and the second presidents' thoughts.Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the first President of the Soka Gakkai, He has pronounced viewson the pedagogical activity directed by the ideas of Value-Creating. The ideas ofValue-Creating mainly embodied educational thoughts and value thoughts in this moment.He changed the new Kantism of "truth, good, beauty", and considered that truth wasbelong to the category of epistemology, but not value. It composed the content ofvalue only through "efficiency, good, beauty". He also considered that the aim oflife is to pursue happiness throughing "efficiency, good, beauty". The goal ofeducation is to bring up talented person who creating value through "efficacy, good,beauty".Josei Toda, the second President of the Soka Gakkai, his ideas of Value-Creatingmainly reflected at how to regard life. He thought that the originality of world'sthings was not substance, but either not spirit, it is" Nam-myoho-renge-kyo". Theuniverse itself is a big timeless eobiont. After people died, the life will revertto the universe, it became new life when meeting karma. The essence of universe life is "Saddharmspundarika-sutra" using Buddhistical words.In the institute of the ideas of Value-Creating, Daisaku Ikeda as the thirdpresident of Japanese Soka Gakkai has leaded Japanese Soka Gakkai tointernationalization. His ideas of Value creating mainly embodied at life philosophyand theory of human being. Life philosophy was the core and basic of the ideas ofValue-Creating. The theory of universe life was the precondition and base. He thoughtthat the universe and life is uniform, Life has directivity of developing in the earth.He advanced life itself was not only author, but also works. Human being study wascharacteristic of the ideas of Value-Creating. Life dignity theory was distillationto human being study. He advanced that all were life, all life had dignity, all dignityof life were the highest and could not be instead. He had put forward the dignity oflife was egalitarian, widespread sense of worth, revolutionology. And advocated tosolve realistic crisis and cut wars, to establish a equalitical world in the lightof this ideas.
Keywords/Search Tags:the ideas of Value-Creating, life, Daisaku Ikeda, human being
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