Waking the Buddha
How the Most Dynamic and Empowering Buddhist Movement in History Is Changing Our Concept of Religion

Several weeks ago, I finished completely reading the book "Waking the Buddha" by Clark Strand. The book is an in-depth analysis of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), its parent organization in Japan (Soka Gakkai), and its founders and leaders - Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, Josei Toda, and Daisaku Ikeda.......more

REVIEW OF WAKING THE BUDDHA Buddhism has never touched my life before, but I have a deep interest in any movement, religious or otherwise, that encourages peace throughout the world and caring for life in all its forms. This book brings an ease of understanding about a religion that has much to offer......more

A friend bought me this book at a talk given by the author, Clark Strand, the former executive editor for Tricycle Magazine. I was interested in what he had to say as he clearly did not identify himself as Buddhist, but spoke favorably about some of the teachings. I understand why people label thems......more

Clark Strand has been a Zen monk and a senior editor at Tricycle magazine (devoted to multiple sects of Buddhism). Several years ago he noted that Tricycle had given relatively short shrift to the Buddhism of the Soka Gakkai International, a lay Buddhist organization. This despite the fact that the......more