The institutions of human society treat us as parts of a machine. They assign us ranks and place considerable pressure upon us to fulfill defined roles. We need something to help us restore our lost and distorted humanity. Each of us has feelings that have been suppressed and have built up inside. There is a voiceless cry resting in the depths of our souls, waiting for expression. Art gives the soul's feelings voice and form.

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Ikeda's many children's books have been animated into anime. Life and establishment of SGI
Ikeda was born the fifth son of seaweed farmers in Ōta Tokyo. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Daisaku Ikeda) (Buenos Aires Emecé 2011)


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^ Watkins explains: "The main three criteria are: 1) The person has to be alive[;] 2) The person has to have made a unique and spiritual contribution on a global scale[;] 3) The person is frequently googled appears in Nielsen Data and is actively talked about throughout the Internet".

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.