Daisaku Ikeda (池田 大作, Ikeda Daisaku?, born January 2, 1928, Japan) is president of Sōka Gakkai International (SGI), a Nichiren Buddhist lay association which claims 12 million members in 192 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and peace research institutions. Ikeda was listed in Watkins Books' magazine Mind Body Spirit, published by London's oldest esoteric bookshop, as one of the "100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People" in 2012.
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