TOKYO (Reuters) -Daisaku Ikeda, who helped spread Buddhist thought around the world through Soka Gakkai - Japan's largest religious organisation and an ally of the government - has died, the ...

Daisaku Ikeda, a former leader of Japan's influential Buddhist group Soka Gakkai, has died at the age of 95. Over decades Ikeda expanded the organisation's international following and forged links ...

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Nam Myoho Renge Kyo, chants Kamhalini in a single continuous mono tone with no ups and downs. For the followers of Buddhism interpreted by Nichiren Daishonin of Japan and the Soka Gakkai International ...

Over decades Ikeda expanded the organisation's international following and forged links with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He died from natural causes at his home near Tokyo, a statement ...