To the Youthful Pioneers of Soka

This is a collection of SGI President Daisaku Ikeda’s selected speeches and writings addressed to students. Apart from discussing the Soka philosophy on education, the book contains President Ikeda’s reflections on other issues like creativity, the writer Goethe whom he read extensively in his youth, and includes ‘Standing among the Ruins of Takiyama Castle’, a poem that provides inspiration to students.