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October 21, 2009

New Ikeda dialogue published in English, author event held

BOSTON, U.S.A.: Creating Waldens: An East-West Conversation on the American Renaissance, the English edition of a dialogue by Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson and Daisaku Ikeda, was released by Dialogue Path Press, the publishing arm of the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue. The work explores the multifaceted legacy of three influential figures of American thought and literature—Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry D. Thoreau and Walter Whitman—and examines the relevance of their message to modern life, which ranges from personal growth and creativity to coexisting harmoniously with nature.

On September 24 the Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning, and Dialogue organized an author event to mark the publication of Creating Waldens. At the event Professors Bosco and Myerson, both previous presidents of the Concord, Massachusetts-based Thoreau Society, spoke. Ikeda composed a personal message for the occasion, describing their work as a way "to revive the poetic heart and bring to flower a renaissance of life.S" He further noted, "Our conversations reaffirmed for me that unlimited promise and power lies within every individual; and that for this truth to take root and flower, one must develop a ‘self-culture' that transforms the very core of one's being."

Founded by Ikeda in 1993 to search for ideas and solutions "to assist in the peaceful evolution of humanity," the center publishes materials for both the general reader and classroom use and organizes public forums and seminars to offer diverse perspectives on key issues in global ethics.

[Based on the Ikeda Center's September 24, 2009 press release of the author event and related references]

To purchase Creating Waldens: An East-West Conversation on the American Renaissance, click here: http://www.ikedacenter.org/publications.htm